Saturday, February 19, 2011

Heads should roll says former President



Per former President Ramos, heads should roll if the 3 Filipinos are executed in China.

See: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20110219-321057/Heads-should-roll-if-3-Filipinos-die-says-former-President-Ramos

By J Paredes

In the Flor contemplacion case, foreign service officials resigned. In the case of the 3 Filipinos convicted for being drug "mules," the situation is different. In the Contemplacion case, the issue was the inadequate legal representation of Contemplacion.

In the current case, the issue is the security at NAIA. How were these 3 Filipinos able to leave the Philippines with contraband in their luggage? Thus, it is at NAIA where the search for the heads to roll must be done. Could it be that the drug syndicates had people inside the airport who were co-opted to look the other way while drugs were being smuggled out? Or is it just incompetence by screeners? Either way, NAIA security operations will have to be scrutinized.

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