STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR NOV5 CHURCH MASS-PROCESSION
OPPOSITION SENATORS BAM AQUINO, RISA HONTIVEROS, KIKO PANGILINAN, AND SONNY TRILLANES

We, members of the opposition bloc at the Senate, support the initiative of the Catholic bishops to mark November 5 as "Lord Heal Our Land Sunday" to gather and pray for a stop in the killings linked to the administration's war on drugs.

Together, we lend our united voice and will join the faithful in prayers for justice for the victims of extra-judicial killings and for enlightenment for our leaders that violence and bloodshed is not the way is not the way to address problematic drug use.

We hail this timely and significant effort of our prelates to go out and inspire action from Filipinos to speak out against injustice and violence through a peaceful gathering.

We hope the united prayers of the prelates and the faithful will stir the inner voice of our leaders and those who kill the helpless to stop wasting lives and mend their ways.