I originally wrote this piece for publication on Saturday, Nov. 16, but because of a hitch in online processing and transmission, the text that was transmitted to The Manila Times was jumbled and unreadable. I am publishing the original today because its commentary on events remains valid and useful for the understanding of public issues.
First wordFILIPINO politics is most itself when its public institutions and public officials collide in a public argument and arrogate to themselves more authority than they truly have.This was in stark display in the encounter between the quad committee of the House of Representatives and the defunct administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte during the public hearing on the war on illegal drugs called by the quad committee on Wednesday, Nov. 13.
28, the former president attended the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing to answer questions about alleged extrajudicial killings during the drug war under his administration. Duterte at the time admitted the existence of Davao death squads during his term as Davao City mayor.At the Nov.
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