{"id":50524,"date":"2015-05-27T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=50524"},"modified":"2015-05-27T16:00:54","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T08:00:54","slug":"duterte-not-davao-death-squad-but-davao-development-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/27\/duterte-not-davao-death-squad-but-davao-development-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte: Not ‘Davao Death Squad’ but ‘Davao Development System’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte backtracked his earlier admission of his involvement in the Davao Death Squad.<\/p>\n

According to Duterte, he was referring to ‘Davao Development System (DDS) and not ‘Davao Death Squad.’<\/p>\n

In an interview with a local television show, “Gikan Para sa Masa” Duterte was asked about his involvement in the extra judicial killings in Davao City.<\/p>\n

“Ako, ako daw death squad? True, that’s true,” he said.<\/p>\n

But just recently, Duterte said that he was not referring to Davao Death Squad when he made the statement.<\/p>\n

”I always used the word. Walang DDS dyan. That is Davao Development System. That is my guiding principle,” he said.<\/p>\n

”Walang akong sinabing ‘pumatay kayo’. I never did it. I do not talk to the police even. I only talk to the police at nandyan ang media. And when I give money nakikita niyo. You know I give P15,000 sa mga station commanders kasi kulang talaga ang budget ng police. That’s for their operation and intelligence,” he said.<\/p>\n

(I never asked them to kill. I never did it. I do not talk to the police even. I only talk to the police with the media around. And when I give money, you are witnesses. You know I give P15,000 to station commanders because their budget is really scarce. That’s for their operation and intelligence.)<\/p>\n

”[I also give] P50,000 to the city director. I said spend it just to zero in on the drugs.”<\/p>\n

Duterte also dared Secretary Leila De Lima to file a case against him.<\/p>\n

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” You file the case and make yourself as the complainant and I will place you in the witness stand\u2026 I will also answer everything, but i want you there to answer about your personal and professional dealings,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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