{"id":91422,"date":"2017-02-27T17:47:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T22:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=91422"},"modified":"2017-02-27T17:47:27","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T22:47:27","slug":"ombudsman-not-senate-should-probe-lascanas-testimony-gordon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/27\/ombudsman-not-senate-should-probe-lascanas-testimony-gordon\/","title":{"rendered":"Ombudsman not Senate should probe Lasca\u00f1as testimony \u2013Gordon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_91423\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91423\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16831073_1420626244628319_427826258161469075_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91423\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16831073_1420626244628319_427826258161469075_n.jpg\" alt=\"Gordon made this remark after Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday released a copy of the affidavit of Lasca\u00f1as where he relayed the origin of the so-called vigilante group Davao Death Squad. (Photo:  Cesar Tomambo\/ Senate of the Philippines\/ Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16831073_1420626244628319_427826258161469075_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16831073_1420626244628319_427826258161469075_n-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16831073_1420626244628319_427826258161469075_n-768x562.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gordon made this remark after Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday released a copy of the affidavit of Lasca\u00f1as where he relayed the origin of the so-called vigilante group Davao Death Squad. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/senateph\">Cesar Tomambo\/ Senate of the Philippines\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013The testimony of retired SPO3 Arturo Lasca\u00f1as should be heard by the Ombudsman and not by the Senate, Sen. Richard Gordon stressed anew.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon made this remark after Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday released a copy of the affidavit of Lasca\u00f1as where he relayed the origin of the so-called vigilante group Davao Death Squad.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Gordon describe it as a \u201cslap in the face\u201d to the Senate to hear Lasca\u00f1as\u2019 new testimony after he retracted his first testimony in a October 2016 Senate probe denying the existence of a death squad.<\/p>\n<p>On February 20, however, Lasca\u00f1as claimed that there was indeed a death squad hired to kill criminals and non-criminals in Davao City.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon said that allowing Lasca\u00f1as to make a new testimony in the Senate after he lied becomes \u201cinconsistent\u201d and appears \u201cdubious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Panfilo Lacson, chair of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, earlier said that he will schedule a date on the hearing on Lasca\u00f1as\u2019 testimony as soon as he receives a copy of the affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>The probe into Lasca\u00f1as\u2019 testimony was referred to Lacson\u2019s committee after 10 out of 24 senators voted to proceed with the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Lacson said that if there will be no intervention from any of his colleagues, it will remain in his committee.<\/p>\n<p>In his 12-page affidavit, Lasca\u00f1as said that he is now ready to \u201ctell the truth\u201d about the existence of the death squad after initially denying it in a Senate inquiry into extrajudicial killings last October 2016.<\/p>\n<p>It was self-confessed hitman Edgar Matobato who first claimed that there was indeed a death squad. However, Lasca\u00f1as rejected his claims noting that he feared for the safety of his family in Davao City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013The testimony of retired SPO3 Arturo Lasca\u00f1as should be heard by the Ombudsman and not by the Senate, Sen. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":91423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[15842,10823,15843],"class_list":["post-91422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-arturo-lacanas","tag-davao-death-squad","tag-senator-dick-gordon","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91422","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=91422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}