Philippine lawymakers: Stop saving drug mules

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Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Two lawmakers have urged the Philippine government to stop frantically trying to save convicted drug mules from execution abroad but rather to spend taxpayer money on more worthy causes.
Western Samar Representative Mel Senen Sarmiento said that while it was reasonable to expect the government to help a Filipino suspected of crimes abroad during the trial stage, it should stop interceding once he or she was convicted.

"Once they are found guilty beyond reasonable doubt, the government should stop interceding in their behalf at the expense of law-abiding Filipino taxpayers," said Sarmiento.


Plain lazy
Iloilo Representative Jerry Tre?as, chairman of the House committee on good government and public accountability, said the convicts do not deserve public compassion as they willingly chose to do what they did because they were "lazy" and wanted to get rich quickly.

Tre?as cited as an example the unnamed 35-year-old Filipino executed on Dec. 8 in China for smuggling in 1.5 kilos of heroin from Malaysia three years ago.

"(He) had been involved in this illicit activity for quite some time before Chinese authorities caught up with him. According to reports, he used to be a security guard in China but decided to resign from his job and become a full-time drug mule for the obvious reason that he did not want to work hard to earn a living," said Tre?as.

He said Vice President Jejomar Binay typified the government's propensity to go all-out in trying to save Filipino drug mules from the ultimate penalty as he had been vocal in seeking their reprieve.

Binay even asked the Chinese court to grant a reprieve to the recently condemned Filipino as a "pamasko" or Christmas gift to the Philippines, which has abandoned the death penalty.
Sarmiento said the government should realize that the drug mules "bring us nothing but shame and a dark future for the millions of victims of the drugs that they distribute."
He found it lamentable that Filipino drug traffickers were being pictured as "victims rather than criminals."





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source: Drug mules are plain lazy, says Philippine lawmaker

Two lawmakers have urged the government to stop frantically trying to save convicted drug mules from execution abroad but rather to spend taxpayer money on more worthy causes.

Western Samar Representative Mel Senen Sarmiento said that while it was reasonable to expect the government to help a Filipino suspected of crimes abroad during the trial stage, it should stop interceding once he or she was convicted.

"Once they are found guilty beyond reasonable doubt, the government should stop interceding in their behalf at the expense of law-abiding Filipino taxpayers," said Sarmiento.

Plain lazy

Iloilo Representative Jerry Treñas, chairman of the House committee on good government and public accountability, said the convicts do not deserve public compassion as they willingly chose to do what they did because they were "lazy" and wanted to get rich quickly.

Treñas cited as an example the unnamed 35-year-old Filipino executed on Dec. 8 in China for smuggling in 1.5 kilos of heroin from Malaysia three years ago.

"(He) had been involved in this illicit activity for quite some time before Chinese authorities caught up with him. According to reports, he used to be a security guard in China but decided to resign from his job and become a full-time drug mule for the obvious reason that he did not want to work hard to earn a living," said Treñas.

'Pamasko'

He said Vice President Jejomar Binay typified the government's propensity to go all-out in trying to save Filipino drug mules from the ultimate penalty as he had been vocal in seeking their reprieve.

Binay even asked the Chinese court to grant a reprieve to the recently condemned Filipino as a "pamasko" or Christmas gift to the Philippines, which has abandoned the death penalty.

Sarmiento said the government should realize that the drug mules "bring us nothing but shame and a dark future for the millions of victims of the drugs that they distribute."

He found it lamentable that Filipino drug traffickers were being pictured as "victims rather than criminals."


for me, naa man pd silay point(kani na lawmakers)..it's unfair for our government nga muhangyo nga proven nman guilty ang na execute...and nasakpan baya ang drug mule dba? what's your take on this headline? maypa ni sila naka realize nga dli pd maau ng ginabuhat sa atong government.

gikan ni sa AsiaOne website..

[ghostie2472]

As if our government will actually 'stop' doing it. Bisan klaro na kaayo nga dili angay tabangan mo tabang gihapon ang gobyerno nato para maka 'pogi points' sila sa mga tao ug para maka ingon sad sila nga "at least we tried."

Dako kaayo ni nga sakpa nato ug sa pilipinas ning kabuang sa gobyerno oi, nag paka uwaw lang.

[darkraven]

sakto man jud ni ilang point...
i've read on one comment sa net nga, if nidawat sila aning trabahoa, mura ranig suicide. if dili masakpan, maayo.

dili pud nato ma blame kadtong nailad pud. kay naa pud uban nga gi padala lang og bag or box nya wala kabaw kung unsay sulod..

better lang jud nga kung ikaw mo larga, kabaw jud ka kung unsa imong gipangdala, labi nang kanang mga butang ngagipadala lang nimo. until to the smallest things on your bag.

bahalag mahulog ka nga sigurorista atongbangan sa taw nga naghangyo nimo nga ipadala ilang butang. kay makinaunsa ikaw may mapriso or worst bitayon...

nya kadtong ma establish nga mao jud ni ilang trabaho, nah, moapil kog bitay ani nila... wala ni silay kalainan sa mga pusher nganhi sa ato... dako lang sila makwarta kay international man sila...

[peewee_toot]

pilay pusta nga kung naay ma convicted for drug trafficking ky mo try og hangyo atong mga politicians. pahumot moves baya na ilang gi apas. you know na...

[juleskiboi]

sakto man jud ni ilang point...
i've read on one comment sa net nga, if nidawat sila aning trabahoa, mura ranig suicide. if dili masakpan, maayo.

dili pud nato ma blame kadtong nailad pud. kay naa pud uban nga gi padala lang og bag or box nya wala kabaw kung unsay sulod..

better lang jud nga kung ikaw mo larga, kabaw jud ka kung unsa imong gipangdala, labi nang kanang mga butang ngagipadala lang nimo. until to the smallest things on your bag.

bahalag mahulog ka nga sigurorista atongbangan sa taw nga naghangyo nimo nga ipadala ilang butang. kay makinaunsa ikaw may mapriso or worst bitayon...

nya kadtong ma establish nga mao jud ni ilang trabaho, nah, moapil kog bitay ani nila... wala ni silay kalainan sa mga pusher nganhi sa ato... dako lang sila makwarta kay international man sila...

korek...bahala na ignon arte, basta dli kaila, dli jd ko mubitbit...maunsa pa lang nuon ko, maayu unta ug mudupa ng mga tawhana nimu if magkabulilyaso ka nga wa kay kalibutan dba?

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+1 ko sa mga lawmakers..

[jangska]

goberno sa pinas naay angay tabanganan diri sa pilipinas adto jud sa uban nga klarong nakasala. ganahan jud mag pa gwapo para aron ingnon.kanang mga drug mules di nana sila angay tabangan kay ila gud ng gituyo sala nana nila kanang pila ka kilo nga drugas ilang gi dala pila ka tao ang madaot ang kinabuhi ana wala pay labot sa mga drug related case parihas sa murder,rape. kana ilang gi gasto2 nga kwarta ila palang nang ihatag ug pundo diri sa mga pobre para negosyo daghan pang maka benepisyo.

[burikoy12]

Tragic but true.

[Jantehshiznit]

kaning drug mule, si Binay ray naka benefit ani. whats the point of saving those lives where we know that we dont have the authority and the points made is actually right. samotan pa jud, China has spratlys issues with us. doesnt even stand a chance to plead.

came Election, i wouldnt wonder if this will be included into Binay's Ad. or people will try to say ah Binay maayo kay motabang sa mga OFW katoh sa China death row. plain BS!