The government has, in fact, found ways to conveniently excuse their
actions and to defend its record. They use the concept that they are
not perceived to be so bad when compared to other countries. They use
the fact that they were voted for election to the UN Human Rights
Council as recognition for supposedly protecting human rights.
However all this has been a superficial victory of downplaying the
extent and gravity of the problem. Unfortunately, what is really
speaks of is the government’s indifference to the problem is
born out of the lack of knowledge of the real suffering of the
people.
The police invest most of its time explaining that the number of
death should be around 100 rather than what has so far been claimed
by local groups. Their debates over the number of deaths even went on
as far as defining these murders as “unexplained killings” to which
they preferred rather that “extrajudicial killings”. By defining
these murders as unexplained it obviously reduces its responsibility
and gives them a convenient excuse for their continued inability and
incompetence. Regardless of the numbers, there is no denying that
they could not even ensure a conviction higher that than two. An
unlikely attempt for a State claiming to adhere the notion of human
rights to suppress international outcry by way of using statistics
and superficial methods of indicators. It has not even improved its
misleading definition of solved cases by ensuring conviction or
giving adequate remedies to victims than merely filing a case with
the prosecutor’s office.
The practice has been that when a prosecutor recommends the filing of
a case, presented by the police, in court, regardless of whether it
ever goes to trial, as far as the police are concerned the case is
solve. It explains the high number of cases filed in court but the
possibility of these perpetrators ever being convicted is petty.
Over the years, the government’s action has been tantamount to
indirect refusal to take responsibility for these murders. The long
standing condition of the lack of security and protection and the
impossibility of prosecuting perpetrators remains, regardless of the
decline in the number of killings. The discussion on finding any
reasonable solution to this has also not moved from debating over
numbers and blaming who’s responsible.
The government’s state of denial mutated from the complicity of the
security forces for these murders towards their obvious inability to
hold the perpetrators to account and ensure protection and security
to their citizens. The practical problem within the justice
institution, the police, prosecution and the judiciary, have since
been obviously denied. Why do cases not progress in court? Why do
victims and complainants refuse to file complaints? Why are the
victims not able to obtain any protection, remedies and redress? Why
do the perpetrators remain unknown and assured of complete impunity?
