Believing that cops would not kill anyone for no reason at all, President Rodrigo Duterte said he would never allow police officers and members of the military to go behind bars just because they are mistakenly judged for committing extrajudicial killings.
In an anti-campaign Summit in Pasay City, Duterte said, “For those really good in our society, they always had my protection including the police, military. As long as they work, I would never allow them to go to jail just because there was an error of judgment.
“What fool would kill someone for no reason at all unless the policeman is drunk? You fool, why would I allow them to be jailed? I won’t allow it even if we quarrel with each other,” he added.
The president’s remarks came after news wire agency Reuters released a report on the alleged execution of three drug suspects by Manila policemen. However, he did not mention this incident in his speech.
DAILY NEWS ROUND UP FOR 11/ 30/17