SEN. Anna Theresia Hontiveros proposed on Thursday the convening, a Senate Committee of the Whole to tackle the senators’ own inquiry into the Duterte-era war on drugs, instead of just the Senate Committee on Public Order and Illegal Drugs, whose chairman wants to conduct the investigation.
A Committee of the Whole, usually chaired by the Senate President, would be in a better position to lead the chamber in this inquiry, for which the House has been conducting its own investigation the past few weeks, through its so-called Quad Committee.
Dela Rosa and another Duterte subordinate, Sen. Christopher Go, had been linked to the former President’s campaign and it does not look good for dela Rosa to be leading an inquiry where he is also involved, critics said. Especially for the families and victims of EJK. So, I will suggest to the Senate leadership to form a Senate Committee of the Whole where the entire chamber will investigate the war on drugs of the past administration.”
As to reactions on dela Rosa’s plan to lead the Senate inquiry through his committee, Hontiveros said that “Well, all of us chair our own committees. But in a Senate Committee of the Whole, all the members have the right to investigate that topic. And instead of just one senator chairing, the Committee of the whole under the Senate President will lead it.”
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