No need to probe Parojinog death

MANILA - Malacañang on Monday sees nothing irregular in the bloody raid, which killed Ozamis City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog and 14 others.

Speaking to Palace reporters, Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra said there was no need to create an independent body that would investigate the deaths of Parojinog and other suspected drug personalities because such mishaps are "bound to happen".

Guevarra said the government presumes "regularity" on the illegal drug raids since no one has been claiming "improper" serving of search warrants against the individuals suspected to be involved in the rampant narcotics trade.

"That is bound to happen in incidents like this when you know, rage results in deaths and some people would claim that there's some [irregularities]… There's a presumption of regularity in all of this. If there's anyone who will complain that something irregular happened, then, an investigation will have to be done. For now, we presume regularity," Guevarra said.

"This usually happens. The normal procedures

and investigative procedures will have to be observed if there's any claim of some improper implementation of the search warrant… So we don’t find any need to create any ad hoc or task force to investigate these matters because the structures are in place," he added. (For full story visit www.sunstar.com.ph/)