House of Representatives Minority Leader and 4Ps party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan yesterday urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to order the creation of
an independent fact-finding commission to investigate extrajudicial killings associated with the previous administration’s controversial war on drugs.
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin earlier said the Marcos administration “places the highest importance on the fair dispensation of justice and on the universal observance of rule of law” in the ongoing investigations into the summary execution of drug suspects. The Agrava Board’s majority report found 25 military officers and men, and a civilian as responsible for the assasination of the opposition leader and his alleged gunman. They were charged with double murder but were later acquitted by the Sandiganbayan in 1985.
Barbers said the report will include a recommendation of filing criminal charges against individuals who killed drug suspects and personalities.
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