In the most recent attack on local officials, a provincial governor in the centeral Philippines and five other individuals were shot dead on Saturday.
The shooting claimed the lives of six people, including Negros Oriental province governor Roel Degamo, according to his widow.
“Governor Degamo did not deserve that kind of death. He was serving his constituents on a Saturday,” Janice Degamo, who is also the mayor of Pamplona, said in a video posted on Facebook.
The politician was distributing aid to constituents when he was shot, provincial police spokesman Kym Lopez told AFP.
According to the local police, the governor's residence in Pamplona town was invaded by six individuals brandishing firearms and donning military-style clothes. The six gunmen and other suspects fled the scene in two SUVs and a pickup truck, which they later abandoned in a nearby city. Local police said that they were looking for ten people in connection with the incident.
Degamo, 56, is the latest target in the Philippines’ long history of attacks on politicians, and at least the third to be shot since last year’s local elections.
Following the incident, President Ferdinand Marcos condemned what he described as the “assassination” of his political ally and warned the perpetrators to “surrender now it will be your best option.”
“My government will not rest until we have brought the perpetrators of this dastardly and heinous crime to justice,” Marcos added
The shooting claimed the lives of six people, including Negros Oriental province governor Roel Degamo, according to his widow.
“Governor Degamo did not deserve that kind of death. He was serving his constituents on a Saturday,” Janice Degamo, who is also the mayor of Pamplona, said in a video posted on Facebook.
The politician was distributing aid to constituents when he was shot, provincial police spokesman Kym Lopez told AFP.
According to the local police, the governor's residence in Pamplona town was invaded by six individuals brandishing firearms and donning military-style clothes. The six gunmen and other suspects fled the scene in two SUVs and a pickup truck, which they later abandoned in a nearby city. Local police said that they were looking for ten people in connection with the incident.
Degamo, 56, is the latest target in the Philippines’ long history of attacks on politicians, and at least the third to be shot since last year’s local elections.
Following the incident, President Ferdinand Marcos condemned what he described as the “assassination” of his political ally and warned the perpetrators to “surrender now it will be your best option.”
“My government will not rest until we have brought the perpetrators of this dastardly and heinous crime to justice,” Marcos added
