SENATE Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III has agreed to lead a subcommittee of the Senate blue ribbon committee to investigate the alleged bloody war on drugs of the Duterte administration.
'Okey. I will accept my new assignment,' Pimentel said in a text message on Sunday. Senate President Francis Escudero said that senators have agreed to let the blue ribbon panel conduct the probe on the anti-drug campaign of former president Rodrigo Duterte.The senator said that Pimentel , chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice, would most likely lead the blue ribbon subcommittee.Escudero said Sen.
They denied any wrongdoing during Duterte's war on drugs.Some human rights groups and families of killed drug suspects claimed that Duterte's war on drugs was tainted with extrajudicial killings .Retired police colonel Royina Garma earlier claimed that Dela Rosa and Go had a role in Duterte's alleged reward system to implement his war on drugs.Escudero said Dela Rosa and Go have the right to air their side during the Senate probe.
To Lead Senate Drug War Investigation
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