Bishop calls for stop to vigilantism

BALANGA CITY: Bataan Bishop Ruperto Santos on Friday called for a stop to vigilante killings of sus such killings as wrong.

“The campaign against illegal drugs must be done without giving rise to a mentality that extra-judicial - ing is wrong because it puts justice

- lic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of issued the call in reaction to the vigilante style of drug-related killings nationwide.

He urged respect for life and pointing to laws that make justice available to all.

“I am afraid that such an environment [of vigilante killings] is not healthy for peace because it uses violence that is outside the