Are all extrajudicial killings loathsome?

WE cannot avoid asking this question. In fact, it is the question which every Filipino must consider in the face of alleged extrajudicial killings that are being carried out across the country to eradicate the menace of illegal drugs and the criticism such killings have sparked both at home and abroad.

This issue was the topic of discussion on ABS-CBN’s news channel ANC on Saturday night. Taking part in the debate from New York, the Asia director for Human Rights Watch roundly criticized the course of action President Rodrigo Duterte has chosen against the drug menace. The country will slip down the path to anarchy if the President did not change his ways and brought an end to this carnage, he warned.