{"id":116323,"date":"2017-09-06T04:52:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T08:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=116323"},"modified":"2017-09-06T04:52:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T08:52:42","slug":"duterte-killing-drug-suspects-not-a-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/06\/duterte-killing-drug-suspects-not-a-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte: Killing drug suspects not a policy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in an interview on the sidelines of the 55th Anniversary celebration of Metrobank at the Grand Hyatt Manila in Taguig City on September 5, 2017, reiterates his stance on the country’s shift from a unitary form of government to federal citing that it has long been the clamor of Visayas and Mindanao. SIMEON CELI JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

President Rodrigo Duterte came on the defense of\u00a0the Philippine National Police (PNP) and took a swipe anew against critics who say the police have a \u201cpolicy\u201d to kill innocent civilians and drug suspects.<\/p>\n

In a media interview, Duterte said PNP Chief General Ronald \u201cBato\u201d Dela Rosa cried foul during a senate inquiry because he was offended\u00a0over claims that the deaths of two teenagers in police operations mean the body is pursuing a\u00a0 “policy” to kill drug suspects and civilians.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo. I think he’s hurt . Do you think two killings, even if it’s illegal, would make a policy?… Kaya umiyak yung tao nga eh<\/em>. [That’s why he cried]. It’s an insult na sabihin<\/em> it’s a policy of the police to kill [it is an insult to say that it is a police policy to kill],\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

During the Tuesday\u2019s senate investigation, Dela Rosa cried after Senator Risa Hontiveros said there is a \u201csystem to the killings\u201d and \u201cpolicy dictating the culture of killings in the country\u201d following the deaths of teenagers Kian Loyd Delos Santos and Carl Angelo Arnaiz.<\/p>\n

The president slammed Hontiveros, calling her \u201cstupid\u201d for saying that two deaths are tantamount to make a policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cDalawang patay<\/em> [Two were dead]. Palagay na natin, pinatay<\/em> — murder o [Assuming they were murdered]\u2026 I asked Hontiveros, \u201cIs that already a policy? Is that the baseline of a policy?\u201d Paka-bobo naman niya<\/em> [She is so stupid],\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

He also accused the lady senator of politicking and asked why she has turned a blind eye and kept mum when \u00a0five members of a family in Bulacan was massacred.<\/p>\n

\u201cBakit ba? Yung limang pinatay doon sa Bulacan, na pati \u201eyung one-year-old na bata pinakialaman, pinatay <\/em>[Why? The five including a one-year-old who were raped and massacred in Bulacan]. Why is that\u2026 Why don’t I hear\u2026 I do not hear her crying or even complaining that the police are not doing enough,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTapos… Eleksyon eh<\/em>. Politika [Then, it was election. Politics] They’re crazily into it. And even before the elections, may assignment yan siya<\/em> [she has an assignment]. She was assigned with a group, I would not name them now. But, nakuha ko yang mga conversations nila<\/em> [i already got their conversations],\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The president also ordered the the PNP to continue serving their mandate of confronting criminals and asked the members of the media to observe police operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, this is an order: Bring the media at paunahin mo sila<\/em>\u00a0[let them lead] so that they can get the story from the beginning to the end\u2026 Do not make raids now without the media. Pero<\/em> [But] , see to it that it is — if it\u2019s a camera, if there\u2019s a reporter, see to it that they are there in the beginning up to the end,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

The president also directed the police to continue their challenge criminals in the performance of their duty and overcome resistance if there is a \u2018serious violent\u2019 confrontation.<\/p>\n

\u201cContinue with your work. Confront the criminals in the performance of your duty then make the arrest and if there is a serious violent resistance, overcome that resistance. Why? Because you have to bring him to the court or bring him to the police station. You have to overcome otherwise there is no arrest kapag sinabi mo<\/em> [if you tell] you are under arrest,\u201d Duterte added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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