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Philippine president creates task force against media killings

Xinhua, October 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte had formed a task force against media killings, a senior government official said Thursday.

Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar said the creation of the task force is contained in Duterte's first administrative order signed on Oct. 11.

The Presidential Task Force on Violence Against Media Workers is composed of Justice secretary as chairman and PCOO secretary as co-chair. The members include the secretaries of the Departments of Interior and Local Government, and National Defense, Solicitor General, executive director of the Presidential Human Rights Committee, chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, director general of the Philippine National Police, and director of the National Bureau of Investigation.

The task force shall also invite chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights and the Ombudsman as well as heads of different media organizations in the country as observers and resources persons.

The task force shall undertake inventory of cases, which were unsolved, under investigation, under preliminary investigation, under trial, and under appeal.

It is also tasked to investigate unsolved cases, receive and monitor reports on media workers in danger and provide them protection, prosecution of new cases, and aid in witness protection, among others.

The International Federation of Journalists has tagged the Philippines as the world's second most dangerous place for journalists, next to Iraq. Endit