MAYBE these distinguished members of our Philippine National Police, after admitting that they are unaware of Administrative Order 103 that suspended all foreign travel as part of the government’s “austerity measures”, should again claim that they are not also aware that ignorance of the law does not exempt anybody. Otherwise drug dealers can claim that they are not aware that they are selling shabu and they thought it was only tawas or calling up a Comelec commisioner during election time asking for a safe victory margin is only a lapse in judgement.

Russel Fernandez of Chiba, Japan via e-mail