THE DEPARTMENT of Justice (DoJ) issued several statements over the weekend condemning the murder of Quezon City Assistant City Prosecutor Rogelio A. Velasco by still unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants on Friday, May 11. “We condemn the attack. We will not stop till we bring these murderers to justice,” Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra told BusinessWorld in a text message when sought for comment. “I have instructed the NBI (National Bureau of Investigation) to conduct a parallel investigation with the police,” he said. According to a police report, Mr. Velasco was in his car with his daughter near a supermarket in Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City when several unidentified gunmen shot him through the window. He was declared dead on arrival at the hospital. Prosecutor General Jorge G. Catalan of the DoJ’s National Prosecution Service (NPS), in a statement on Saturday, said, “the NPS (continues) to mourn and will remain steadfast in the call for a thorough investigation so that justice is expeditiously served” and that “we shall not cower in fear in this time of threat, intimidation, and uncertainty.” He added, ”We shall continue to uphold the rule of law at any cost despite the apparent risks and dangers involved.” — Dane Angelo M. Enerio

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