The stage is set for the thorough investigation and case build-up of criminal cases against police officers whom critics described to have played God in the conduct of anti-illegal drugs operations in the last five years.
This, after the Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation signed on Wednesday, Nov. 3, a memorandum of agreement that would pave the way for the formal investigation of all police operations relating to the campaign against illegal drugs since July 2016.
“The signing of this Agreement is proof of the PNP’s commitment to transparency and accountability and in order to finally settle the allegations of human rights abuses that have been hounding the government’s aggressive campaign against illegal drugs since July 2016,” said Eleazar. More than 6,000 drug personalities died in various police operations across the country since July 2016. Thousands more died at the hands of the drug war-inspired vigilante groups that are classified as Homicide Cases Under Investigation.The MOA was signed by Eleazar for the PNP and Director Eric B Distor, officer-in-charge of the NBI in a ceremony held at the Department of Justice main office in Manila on Wednesday afternoon, November 3, 2021.
“As state agencies, both Parties seek to ascertain the truth regarding the allegations of human rights violations and possible criminal liability in the conduct of government’s anti-illegal drug operations,” it added.
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