If all politics is local, then might impunity be, too? <br /><br />In just two and a half weeks, attempts on the lives of four local government officials were made. <br /><br />February 17, Saturday, the governor of Lanao del Sur, ambushed as he was traveling from one town to another. <br /><br />February 19, the mayor of Appari, Cagayan, gunned down while he was on the road in Nueva Vizcaya. <br /><br />February 22, the mayor of Datu Montawal town in Maguindanao del Sur, ambushed here in Metro Manila. <br /><br />And last Saturday, March 4, the governor of Negros Oriental, shot to death in his own home.<br /><br />Join our chief correspondent and anchor @piahontiveros on #PoliticsAsUsual — your weekly political appointment fix.<br /><br />Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/<br /><br />Follow our social media pages:<br /><br />• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines<br />• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/<br />• Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines<br />
