"Let the River of Justice flood the Rotten Order"
(A note on the events surrounding the death of River Nacino
and the fight for Ina Nacino's freedom)
By Kat Ulrike
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| Political detainee Reina Mae Nasino and representatives of the National Union of People’s Lawyers arrive at the wake of 3-month-old baby River at a funeral home in Pandacan, Manila on October 14, 2020. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News |
This note strongly condemns the action taken by the authorities against the Nacino family after the death of 3 month old Baby River.
That from the unjust arrest with false accusation, followed by the decision brought by the courts to remove the child from her mother, to those of disrupting the burial's solemnity, these shows how the system has imposed its version of justice: that by simply because of opposing that "dear leader Digong" and other forms of dissent rather constitutes to promoting terrorism enough to "face the long arm of the law" even it meant an accusation. or sure apologists of the order would laud the system's actions so aloud that it even justifies separating the kid from her mother, that "law is law" even it tramples human lives what more of human rights.
But regardless of the justifications brought by the regime, these series of events shows how the ruling system, who while claiming they value "human lives" are themselves depriving it on others- especially to those whom they perceive as an enemy regardless of its innocence. It is not surprising that even expressing sympathies to the family is itself also an act of terror and therefore face slander, threats, anything brought about by the order and its apologists through press releases and in social media.
Perhaps, from these apologists it's easier to justify what the authorities did to Ina and her family, as well as her colleagues regardless of not proven guilty by the courts, what more that it doesn't matter whether her family, friends, and others are mourning but instead blaming her and the rest involved for being against Duterte and the system "instead of being contented as a mother", that again, unsurprising for knowing that for some time the order parrots human rights, rather downplays it in favour of "ending the insurgency" whether it is armed or not. It also doesn't matter whether there are "collateral damages" either, what more of differentiating who is taking arms or asserting pro-people reforms and sound alternatives.
And that the order's view of "winning the peace" is by simply showing no remorse to those perceive as "against."- especially in this time of Dutertism and its idealised orderism.