PPBM: Degamo’s slay political Wants private armies dismantled, Rep.

By Vince Lopez, Rey E. Requejo, and Maricel V. Cruz

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday declared the March 4 murder of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo as “purely political” even as he ordered the police to dismantle private armies and round up all illegal firearms in hotspots around the country.

Degamo and eight other people were killed when gunmen fired on them at the governor’s house in Pamplona town as he was handing out assistance to poor families.

“The killing of Governor Degamo is entirely unacceptable, and it will not