US meddling in Smith case, extrajudiciial killings

This is a reaction to the headline story titled,"US raps GMA on killings." (Inquirer,3/16/07)

Instead of blaming an outsider for the perceived misdeeds of the Arroyo administration, Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Joker Arroyo should have just kept their mouths shut.

The problem with some of our public officials is that whenever the United Nations, European Union, the United States, or any other nation or international organization admonishes us for the offenses we commit on ourselves, they quickly denounce it as "meddling in our political affairs." They should just take it constructively.

Those entities can take the lead in stopping the extrajudicial killings. Besides, I haven't heard a good number of our legislators condemn the political killings happening since 2001.

And one more thing: I haven't heard a single senator condemning the transfer of convicted rapist Daniel Smith from the Makati City Jail to the US Embassy. They should've condemned this injustice, not the US condemnation of extrajudicial killings in our country, as "meddling in local affairs."

(taken from the Letters to the Editor PDI April 11,2007 issue)