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Two opposition lawmakers on Tuesday questioned former President Rodrigo Duterte 's absence in the day's Quad Committee hearing on his administration's war on drugs ."Takot ba siya na harapin ang taumbayan ?" said House Assistant Minority Leader Arlene Brosas during the hearing, noting the thousands killed during Duterte's bloody campaign against illegal narcotics.
Ang mga pamilya nga ng mga biktima, kahit matanda na tulad ni Tatay Baylon, ay pumunta rito para magpahayag ng kanilang saloobin," she said. Brosas was referring to Rodrigo Baylon, father of the nine-year-old Lenin who was killed in an anti-drug police operation in pursuit of two drug suspects.The elder Baylon has called on the former President to take responsibility for the drug war deaths."Ang akin pong anak, kailanman, never pong na-involve sa drugs.
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