In the most recent assault against local leaders, an unidentified gunman shot and killed a provincial governor in the centre of the Philippines along with five other people.
Six suspects, according to the police, invaded the governor’s mansion in Pamplona town and started shooting while armed with rifles and wearing clothes resembling those of the military forces.
The shooting claimed the lives of five people, including Negros Oriental province governor Roel Degamo, according to his widow.
“Gov. Degamo didn’t deserve to die that way. In a video shared on Facebook, Janice Degamo, who is also the mayor of Pamplona, said that the man was serving his constituents on a Saturday.
President Ferdinand Marcos condemned what he described as the “assassination” of his political ally and warned the perpetrators to “surrender now it will be your best option”.
“My government will not rest until we have brought the perpetrators of this dastardly and heinous crime to justice,” Marcos added.
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The condition of four other people who were shot in the incident was not disclosed.
The politician was distributing aid to constituents when he was shot, provincial police spokesman Kym Lopez told AFP.
Mamintal Adiong, governor of the southern province of Lanao del Sur, was shot and wounded in February in an attack that killed his driver and three police escorts.
That same month, the vice-mayor of the northern town of Aparri, Rommel Alameda, and five other people who were travelling with him were shot dead in a highway ambush.
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In the bloodiest politically motivated ambush on record, the leaders of a powerful southern clan and about two dozen followers were sentenced to life in prison for a 2009 attack on supporters of a gubernatorial election rival in Maguindanao province.
The attack left 58 people dead, including the politician’s wife and relatives, along with 32 journalists and media workers who were covering the race.
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