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Monday, July 31, 2006
Editorial: Shattered dreams
THE barbarity by which 14-year-old Mary Rose Padilla lost her innocence and her very own life deserves no less than death for her tormentor.
This man who tore the young girl's life down was not only contented with violating her at a sugarcane field in Barangay Granada, he also strangled her to death using her very own brassiere and handkerchief.
If it is true that this suspect, an alleged former member of the Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Bongcayao Brigade, really committed the brutal act, then he deserves no mercy at all and merits all the condemnation that Justice can hand out.
Padilla had a lot of dreams for her family and for herself. Just like every adorable daughter, she dreamt of providing her closest relatives a life of ease and comfort. She dreamt of making it big.
And yet her life was ended in a very agonizing way by a man who thought that he was the law, a man who is used to showing the community how beastly he can become even absent a provocation.
The Bacolod City Police Office deserves a commendation for solving the crime fast.
But it still has a long way to go.
The Police and the Bacolod City Prosecutor's Office must both work at securing an airtight case against the suspect, who was seen by at least one witness going in and out of the crime scene twice as if to ensure that his victim is really dead and won't be able to talk of her ordeal.
Both offices should never allow the suspect, who is said to be a neighborhood toughie, and his gang to cow the witnesses to hiding.
The brutality which Padilla suffered deserves no less than the maximum penalty the Law can offer.
(July 31, 2006 issue)
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