“Where is the government? Let the truth come out,” the Jardinico family has appealed in an open letter to the public timed for the Christmas season as justice continues to elude them nearly six years after a fire killed 12 family members.
Franciscan Bro. Jun Jardinico, the family spokesperson, wrote they have already sent appeals and follow ups to officials from the local up to the national government. “But nothing had happened to our case for six years now. Where should we go for help?” he asked. “Does this government really work for justice for the poor like my family? If they care, why have we not felt the comfort of justice?” he added.
Fire gutted the family’s two-storey house in downtown Valencia City on April 6, 2003, killing 12 of the Jardinicos, including their elderly mother and seven children. Several other houses were razed in the incident.
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