Leni hits Rody’s crusade against loiterers as ‘anti-poor’

Vice-President Leni Robredo has denounced the administration’s campaign against loiterers as “anti-poor.”

“It’s like the law enforcement officials have been given the license to abuse,” Robredo said in

her Sunday radio show, BISErbisyong LENI, on RMN-dzXL 558.

“We have already seen the danger during the height of the anti-drug war. We are repeating that again,” she said.

Robredo included that President Duterte’s “flip-slumping” articulations on the issue have “just added to the perplexity.”

On June 13, the President debilitated loiterers (“tambay” in Filipino) to remain home or be tossed into a waterway.

“My di­rec­tive is, in case you’re only stand­ing by [in the streets], let them know, ‘Go home. On the

off chance that you don’t go home, I’ll get you to the of­fice Pasig,” he said. “I’ll deal with it. Tie their

hands to­gether and I’ll toss them in [the river].”

Police evidently took President Duterte’s words

The police evidently took President Duterte’s words as an order to round up individuals who

are out in the boulevards during the evening.

“Perhaps it be­came con­tro­ver­sial be­cause no not as much as the Pres­i­dent has said it—that loi­ter­ers ought to be ar­rest,” Philippine National Police executive general Oscar Albayalde allegedly said on Friday.

Discussion eject after Genesis Argoncillo, who was capture on June 15, was apparently pound the life out of while in confinement. The Quezon City police have issued clashing articulations on the reason for his passing.

President Duterte on Friday backtracked on his comment and brought up that he never said “capture.”

Drink­ing in the al­ley

He stated: “I never said ‘ar­rested.’ But in the event that you are drink­ing in the al­ley, in the squat­ters zone, and­ influencing a liv­ing to room out of the street there, you’ll re­ally get grabbed.”

In light of the vulnerability, Robredo, a previous open lawyer, said network pioneers and attorneys should help guarantee that human rights—particularly those of poor people—are regarded.

“We are approaching [everyone] to recognize what to do if there’s a threat that we will progress toward becoming casualties,” she said. “The legal advisors, we are requesting to amass together and help each other battle these [dangers].”

Robredo’s Liberal Party reverberated her announcement. Erin Tañada, LP VP for outer issues, said on Sunday that “we are seeing shades of the counter unlawful [drug] war in this resuscitated battle against the ‘tambays’ who are for the most part poor.”

“We question the inspiration for this battle. Is it to divert us from the main problems that the administration has not tended to: yearning and neediness, an absence of employment and rising costs, defilement in high places?” Tañada said.