House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez assured the public on Monday afternoon, March 6, that there would be no sacred cows in the government’s fight against criminality.
Romualdez, president of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), had this to say amid a spate of violent crimes in the country, the most recent of which was the broad-daylight assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo.
“Malaking tao man o may impluwensiya, hahabulin namin kayo at papanagutin sa mga kasalanan ninyo (We will go after you and prosecute you for your crimes, even if you're a powerful or influential person)," he said in a statement.
The Speaker also revealed that law enforcement agencies are "hot on the trail" of the person who masterminded the assassination.
“May mga importanteng leads na ang mga imbestigador kung sino ang mastermind ng krimen na ito (Our investigators now possess important leads as to the identity of the crime's mastermind). They are working round the clock at the moment for case buildup,” said Romualdez, who is the cousin of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
“Let me reiterate the warning of President Marcos to criminals: 'You can run but you can’t hide,'” the House leader said.