{"id":90935,"date":"2017-02-23T21:25:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T02:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=90935"},"modified":"2017-02-23T21:25:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T02:25:44","slug":"lascanas-not-discussed-during-duterte-meeting-with-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/23\/lascanas-not-discussed-during-duterte-meeting-with-senators\/","title":{"rendered":"Lasca\u00f1as not discussed during Duterte meeting with senators"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_90413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90413\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16807754_1417882118236065_4447607879378407156_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90413\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16807754_1417882118236065_4447607879378407156_n.jpg\" alt=\"Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday confirmed that President Rodrigo Duterte met with some senators this week but denied allegations that the meeting was meant to pressure the senators to stop a pending inquiry into the fresh accusations of retired SPO3 Arturo Lasca\u00f1as. (Photo: Senate of the Philippines\/ Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16807754_1417882118236065_4447607879378407156_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16807754_1417882118236065_4447607879378407156_n-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16807754_1417882118236065_4447607879378407156_n-768x497.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday confirmed that President Rodrigo Duterte met with some senators this week but denied allegations that the meeting was meant to pressure the senators to stop a pending inquiry into the fresh accusations of retired SPO3 Arturo Lasca\u00f1as. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/senateph\/photos\/pb.749071305117153.-2207520000.1487573039.\/1417882118236065\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">Senate of the Philippines\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014 Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday confirmed that President Rodrigo Duterte met with some senators this week but denied allegations that the meeting was meant to pressure the senators to stop a pending inquiry into the fresh accusations of retired SPO3 Arturo Lasca\u00f1as.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s meeting between Duterte and the senators was confirmed by Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella during a press briefing in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/p>\n<p>However, Abella stressed that the case of the retired police officer was not discussed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no truth to the allegation of Senator [Leila] De Lima that the senators were pressured by Malaca\u00f1ang with regards to the reopening of the investigation on the DDS (Davao Death Squad),&#8221; the Palace official said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As Senator [Vicente] Sotto said, the group of senators met with the President but they did not talk about the case of the retired police officer Lasca\u00f1as,&#8221; Abella said.<\/p>\n<p>Though Abella said he could not confirm who requested the meeting, the Palace official said that it was usually the guests who request an audience with the President.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting occurred on the same day that senators, voting 10-8, decided to hear Lasca\u00f1as testimony.<\/p>\n<p>Last Monday, the former Davao police officer tagged as the head of the DDS recanted his earlier statements denying the existence of the group.<\/p>\n<p>His retraction revived allegations that Duterte paid a &#8220;death squad&#8221; to kill crime suspects and political opponents when he was mayor of Davao City.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Abella said that Malaca\u00f1ang does not meddle with the Senate and senators can push through with their re-investigation of the DDS.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They can proceed,&#8221; Abella said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014 Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday confirmed that President Rodrigo Duterte met with some senators this week but denied allegations that the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":90413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95],"tags":[15678,2444],"class_list":["post-90935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-arturo-lascanas","tag-rodrigo-duterte","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}