Gov condemns attempt vs. Mayor Cuan
Local News • 21:01 PM Tue Jan 8, 2019
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By:
Edwin O. Fernandez
Libungan Mayor Christopher Amping Cuan explaining how the shooting occurred. (Photo by LeoVar)
KIDAPAWAN CITY
( – North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Talino-Mendoza and the provincial
government today condemned the assassination attempt Monday against Libungan
town Mayor Christopher Cuan inside the town hall premises.
In a
statement, Mendoza said the Provincial Government of North Cotabato expresses
deep concern and condemns this act of violence in the strongest possible terms.
She said the
attempt still happened despite the earnest efforts of the provincial government
for a peaceful and orderly Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite come January
21, 2019 in the province of North Cotabato.
An
unidentified gunman opened fire on Cuan, also known as Mayor Amping at about
1:20 p.m. while he was walking along the hallway of Libungan town hall.
The gunman
missed the mayor but hit a utility worker who was near the town executive.
Senior
Inspector Orphie Julian, Libungan town police chief, identified the injured
janitor as Alejandro Catulong, 53, a resident of Barangay Kabpangi who
sustained bullet wounds in his chest.
We urge our
law enforcers to take the necessary measures to investigate and prosecute the
perpetrators, Mendoza said.
Cuan was among
the 23 local executives publicly named by President Duterte as the country’s
narcopoliticians.
The mayor denied he
was involved in illegal drugs. Police
raided his home in 2016 but found no traces of illegal drugs.