Flushing out Palparan
Private prosecutors said on Friday that the government’s doubling of the bounty on Palparan would help flush him out of his hiding place and make it difficult for him to find coddlers.
In a statement, the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) said that while the increase of the bounty from P500,000 to P1 million would encourage the public to join in the hunt for Palparan, the government should further intensify its efforts to capture the fugitive retired general.
“We support it (increase of the bounty). In fact, we thought the original bounty may not have been commensurate an incentive to others given the seriousness of the charges, the import of the case to pursue accountability for human rights violations, his network of protection and connections, his unmatched notoriety for lack of remorse, and his evident dogged incorrigibility to evade facing the music,” NUPL secretary-general Edre Olalia said in a statement.
“We challenge the government to step up even more the manhunt and leave no stone unturned to hale him before the bar of justice. He cannot possibly hide and run ’til kingdom come,” he added. With a report from Carmela Reyes-Estrope, Inquirer Central Luzon, and Jerome Aning in Manila"
