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Saturday, September 24, 2005
Tau Gamma finally meets with guv, agrees to face Akrho on Monday
Warring Alpha Kappa Rho (Akrho) and Tau Gamma Phi fraternities agreed to face each other Monday afternoon to come up with a solution beyond signing a peace pact for mere publicity.
After an initial refusal to talk with authorities, Tau Gamma leaders met with Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia yesterday afternoon, where they expressed distrust with the rival group.
“They said that when they started to trust, there were more dead bodies. But I told them they are not trusting now, and still there are more dead bodies. We can’t allow the situation to get the better of us, and lose hope,” said Garcia before a press conference.
Suggestion
“We must declare as leaders that we can do something about this,” she said.
Tau Gamma is open to suggestion to sit down with Akrho, she said, so they can come up with a “focused, determined, coordinated and sustained effort” to solve the continued violence between members of the groups.
The police and the local government units will “work with them instead of against them,” said the governor, who will announce on Monday a “specific action” that she wants them to take.
Garcia said she is not seeing an instant solution to the problem, which has threatened the peace and order in some communities.
“I foresee a lot of stumbling blocks along the way, but this time we will not allow it to keep us from reaching our goal,” said Garcia.
Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 Director Eduardo Gador said his office has no official stand yet on the move to outlaw the two groups.
Cebu Provincial Police Office Director Vicente Loot earlier said he will recommended to the PRO 7 and the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) that the two fraternities be declared criminal groups.
Vidal’s help
It is up to the RPOC to study the suggestion, taking into consideration the legal implications of the plan, and that these fraternities are legitimate organizations.
Gador said that they can’t pin down the leaders for the actions of their members, but he also stressed that the fraternities’ leaders must also look into the actions of their members, as they have recruits who are out-of-school youth.
He also believes that Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal has the moral ascendancy to intervene. (JPM with MEA)
(September 24, 2005 issue)
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