The summary dismissal of Vice President Leni Robredo as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) without any valid reasons and due process is akin to an extrajudicial killing (EJK).

Tulad ng mga biktima ng EJK, nanlaban si Robredo or she fought and criticized the Duterte administration’s bloody war on drugs.

The proffered reason for firing Robredo that she taunted the President to dismiss her for mistrust is a ludicrous and hostile reaction just like the alibi of police operatives that they fired their guns because the alleged drug suspects taunted and provoked them with their resistance.

The firing of Robredo is to conceal from her relevant data on the violent narcotics drive, which is similar to the extrajudicial killing of some victims to silence them and cover-up incriminatory information known to them.

EDCEL C. LAGMAN