Police to speak on vigilante killings at council session

Representatives from the Philippine National Police are expected to attend the City Council's session on Wednesday for an exchange of ideas with city legislators in connection with the unsolved killings allegedly perpetrated by vigilantes.

Through a resolution authored by Councilor Procopio E. Fernandez, chairman of the committee on police, fire and penology and public safety, the council has invited PNP regional director Eduardo Gador, CCPO acting director Melvin A. Gayotin, CIIB chief Pablo G. Labra II and other resource officers and men of CCPO.

Last Friday's executive session attended by P/Supt. Ronald Roderos, PNP deputy regional director for administration, Labra, Gayotin, and some members of the city council failed to discuss other related matters lengthily due to time constraints.

This Wednesday's executive session hopes to take off from where last Friday's session left off.

To date, records from the Homicide Section of CCPO show 105 murder cases that suggest the involvement of vigilantes. The said killings started December of last year.

Mayor Tomas Osmeña, who has condemned vigilantism, however, said chasing vigilantes is not a priority. As an afterthought, he said lawbreakers would be better off if they stayed away from the city for good.

The business sector, on the other hand, is not complaining for the reason that those killed were notorious criminals. - Mitchelle P. Calipayan