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Malaca帽ang said they were one in the true healing of the country as the Catholic Bishops鈥� Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) prepared a 鈥淟ord Heal Our Land鈥� mass to launch its 鈥淪tart the Healing鈥� campaign on Sunday.

鈥淎ccountability is essential to good governance,鈥� Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement.

鈥淲e are one in the true healing of this nation that has long been divided by politics. We must come together as one country and one people and help the government in building a nation free from drugs, criminality and corruption,鈥� he added.

Roque also reiterated that President Rodrigo Duterte allows constructive dissent and that his administration 鈥渄oes not, and will never condone extrajudicial and vigilante killings.鈥�

In fact, Roque said authorities had been investigating 2,243 drug-related incidents as of end September.

鈥淲e wish to build better rapport with the Catholic Church and seek the cooperation of its leaders, even as we call on our Catholic brethren to pro-actively help government in our anti-illegal drug campaign, particularly in the rehabilitation and treatment of drug dependents,鈥� he added.

The Catholic Church will launch its 鈥淪tart the Healing鈥� campaign after its 鈥淪top the Killings鈥� movement from September 23 to November 1 which condemned alleged extrajudicial killings in the country.

Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas earlier said a mass would be held at the Edsa shrine on Sunday at 3 p.m. This will be followed by a candlelight procession to the People Power monument, where a two-hour socio-cultural program was arranged.

鈥淚 am inviting you and the communities with you to participate in the second phase of this period of praying for the victims of extra judicial killings. We will start on November 5 until December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception,鈥� Villegas said. /cbb