Families say it's ridiculous that legislators are unaware of the violence under Duterte's drug war. 'Dati pa po kaming nagsasalita, baka sila lang iyong hindi nakikinig,' says a member of one of these families.
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, was killed in September 2017, leaving behind two children barely in their toddler years. His lifeless body – bearing bullet wounds and head wrapped in packaging tape – was found in Angeles City, Pampanga, more than a hundred kilometers from his hometown of San Pedro, Laguna. BRAVE. Sheerah Escudero speaks at the House of Representatives about what happened to her brother Ephraim. Screenshot from House livestreamSheerah was only 22 years old when her brother Ephraim became one of the thousands killed under Duterte’s drug war. Government data estimates the number to reach almost 30,000 – with at least 6,252 killed in police operations while the rest were slain vigilante-style.
They weren’t able to file a case, not even get official records from police because there was news that a widow who did the exact same thing ended up dead. She did not want her three children – the youngest then was seven – to also lose a mother. Much of the information revealed is already widely known, but legislators often fixated on these details. There is also the issue of how the hearings seem to evade pointing fingers at Duterte. House human rights committee chairperson Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr. said Duterte and his drug war architect, Senator Ronald dela Rosa, would just be “informed” and not invited to the hearing.
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