Zozobrado calls for impartial investigation on Diarog murder
An impartial investigation on the murder of Bagobo-Klata chieftain Dominador Diarog should not be launched to make sure the perpetrators pay for the crime and keep innocent people’s name from being dragged into the controversy.
“We call on a proper and impartial investigation so as not to put blame on the innocent,” councillor Rachel Zozobrado said during a privilege speech delivered at the City Council.
Zozobrado said different angles of the story have come out in the media and even in the streets that it is time to finally ascertain the truth t
hrough an impartial investigation.
“Different angles, different speculation. One thing is certain---a total of 17 empty M-14 bullets were recovered from the area where the Diarog family was strafed,” she said. It is our responsibility to seek the truth behind the murder of Diarog, she added.
However, she said, “let us also be careful that while we seek justice for what happened to the Diarog family, we must not speculate.” Zozobrado said that the incident should be an eye opener on the plight of the lumads and what they have to go through to protect their ancestral land.
She has urged concern
ed government agencies to adopt policies for the protection of the ancestral domain.
Diarog was murdered last April 29 after their house was strafed by still unknown gunmen who also managed to wound his family including his wife Emily and two children ages 8 years old and 4 years old. Before that, unidentified people tried to burn his farm house three times and finally succeeded in burning down the farm house in the fourth attempt.
An influential person was allegedly forcing Diarog to sell his 2-hectare land for P50,000. Diarog’s land is located adjacent to the Jesus is Lord Prayer Mountain, the base of a religious group headed by Pastor Quiboloy.
An impartial investigation on the murder of Bagobo-Klata chieftain Dominador Diarog should not be launched to make sure the perpetrators pay for the crime and keep innocent people’s name from being dragged into the controversy.
“We call on a proper and impartial investigation so as not to put blame on the innocent,” councillor Rachel Zozobrado said during a privilege speech delivered at the City Council.
Zozobrado said different angles of the story have come out in the media and even in the streets that it is time to finally ascertain the truth t
hrough an impartial investigation.“Different angles, different speculation. One thing is certain---a total of 17 empty M-14 bullets were recovered from the area where the Diarog family was strafed,” she said. It is our responsibility to seek the truth behind the murder of Diarog, she added.
However, she said, “let us also be careful that while we seek justice for what happened to the Diarog family, we must not speculate.” Zozobrado said that the incident should be an eye opener on the plight of the lumads and what they have to go through to protect their ancestral land.
She has urged concern
ed government agencies to adopt policies for the protection of the ancestral domain.Diarog was murdered last April 29 after their house was strafed by still unknown gunmen who also managed to wound his family including his wife Emily and two children ages 8 years old and 4 years old. Before that, unidentified people tried to burn his farm house three times and finally succeeded in burning down the farm house in the fourth attempt.
An influential person was allegedly forcing Diarog to sell his 2-hectare land for P50,000. Diarog’s land is located adjacent to the Jesus is Lord Prayer Mountain, the base of a religious group headed by Pastor Quiboloy.
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