Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said he is the chair of an inter-agency body tasked with “conducting a judicious review of the 5,655 anti-illegal drug operations for deaths occurred.” | T2TupasINQ
He said the review panel examines the pieces of evidence to determine if appropriate charges can be filed against the police officers involved.
The body, he said, will also engage the affected families and “provide them with legal options and assistance in the criminal prosecution of law enforcers who have overstepped legal bounds in their operations.” “Claims that there is impunity, or near impunity in the country finds no anchor in a system that provides every avenue to examine, establish and pursue a claim of wrongdoing by a State actor if such claim is substantiated with facts,” according to the DOJ chief.
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