Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman has condemned the shooting incident which took the life of former Lamitan City, Basilan mayor Rose Furigay and two others at the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) campus on Sunday, July 24.
"We condemn in the strongest terms possible the fatal shooting of former Lamitan City mayor Rose Furigay and that of her aide and a security personnel in the Ateneo de Manila University," Hataman said.
"Kasama na ang nangyari sa kanyang anak na babae na nasugatan sa pamamaril na gawa ng nahuling salarin (We also condemn the wounding of Furigay's daughter, which the arrested suspect is responsible for)," Hataman said.
Furigay's daughter, a graduating student, was reportedly wounded during the shooting.
Furigay was killed in a shooting incident which took place during the Ateneo Law School (ALS) graduation at the Arete Art Gallery.
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Two others were reported to have been killed -- Furigay's aide and a security guard of the ADMU campus.
"Kaya mas lalong nakakalungkot ang nangyari kay Mayor Rose, isang magulang na buong kagalakang dumadalo sa pagtatapos ng kanyang anak, na isa sanang masayang kaganapan na sinira ng walang saysay na karahasan (That's what makes what happened to Mayor Rose even worse, a parent who proudly attended her child's graduation, a joyful occasion that was destroyed by meaningless violence)," Hataman said.
"At kay Lamitan Mayor Oric Furigay, ang aming taos-pusong pakikiramay. Madaming nagawa si Mayor Rose para sa Lamitan dahil sa kanyang progresibong liderato na dahilan upang magawaran ang lungsod ng Seal of Good Local Governance mula 2016 hanggang 2019 (For current Lamitan Mayor Oric Furigay, our heartfelt condolences. Mayor Rose has done so much thanks to her progressive leadership which resulted in Lamitan earning a Seal of Good Local Governance from 2016 until 2019)," he said.