MALOLOS CITY, Philippines – Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo yesterday rejected a shoot-to-kill order against retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr.
Speaking at a forum of the provincial government of Bulacan and the Diocese of Malolos, Robredo said the fugitive must be arrested and brought to court for trial. “We are doing everything to find him,” he said in Filipino.
Robredo, meanwhile, dared militant and human rights groups to identify the alleged coddlers of Palparan.
“It’s better they identify who are those coddlers because (Defense) Secretary (Voltaire) Gazmin has already denied those allegations,” he said.
Last Monday, Erlinda Cadapan, mother of Sherlyn Cadapan, one of the two missing students, said the government is not doing enough to arrest Palparan.
A P1-million reward for the capture of Palparan is nothing, she added.