The House human rights panel will investigate the drug war deaths during the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte on May 22, House human rights panel chairman Bienvenido Abante said Thursday.
Abante said the inquiry, which will be attended by the relatives of drug war victims, police officers, and Cabinet officials from the Duterte administration, remains significant and timely in the interest of justice. “Ang tanong siguro ng iba, why are we conducting an inquiry into the deaths of alleged drug addicts or drug dealers? First, we must begin with the principle that each life is valuable and that each life lost is a profound tragedy,” Abante said in a press conference.
“They were not convicted, they were silenced. They were denied their rights. It is our responsibility to the victims and their families to seek the truth,” Abante said. Abante then said that his committee has the mandate tl diligently look into the accusations of human rights abuses amid the anti-drug war police operations.Based on government records, around 6,200 drug suspects were killed during the Duterte administration’s anti-drug police operations.
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