Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon expressed concern over the killing of Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog during a raid on Sunday, July 30, 2017. Drilon stressed that the circumstances of the incident are similar to how Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr was killed.

Why are search warrants, served before dawn as in the cases of Mayor Espinosa and now, Mayor Parojinog, result in the deaths of the persons being searched? Both are tagged as drug lords. Too much of a coincidence?" Drilon said in a statement.

He added that search warrants are generally served during daytime and court rules state that the issuing judge must specify why it must be served at night, in certain cases.

Pero teka lang po Senator Franklin Drilon, mukhang nakalimutan mo na po ata ang nakasulat sa batas. Hindi ba pwedeng madaling araw i-serve ang search warrant?

Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure #126: Sec. 9. Time of making search. – The warrant must direct that it be served in the day time, unless the affidavit asserts that the property is on the person or in the place ordered to be searched, in which case a direction may be inserted that it be served at any time of the day or night.

Grabe si Sen. Drilon sa sobrang kaba nakalimutan ang batas. Meron ba kaming dapat ipagduda sainyo Senator Drilon kasi parang defensive ata kayo masyado.