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De Lima: Some senators gave ‘reasons’ for bucking probe

By: - Reporter / @MAgerINQ
/ 11:20 PM August 02, 2016

“I think they have the stomach but are they willing is another question.”

This was Senator Leila de Lima’s  answer when asked in an interview with Radyo Inquirer Tuesday  night if her  colleagues  have the  “stomach”  to  support her move to  conduct a Senate inquiry on the spate  of killings in the country.

De Lima, who chairs the Senate committee on justice and human rights,  noted that  a “handful” of senators had expressed various  reasons  not to proceed  with the investigation.

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Some of   the senators, she said, had expressed reservations about the Senate  probe, saying it was premature or it would just dampen the resolve of the  law enforcers to wage war on illegal drugs and other crimes.

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She said  some  were also saying that  there was no proof but all allegations   of alleged extrajudicial killings.

“That’s why it’s called a Senate inquiry, not a court of law na kailangang may complaint first. Meron ding unang nagsasabi na wala pa raw complaints although meron na, sa CHR (Commission on Human Rights,. Unti-unti nang may nagpa-file,  noong una halos wala,” De Lima said.

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“So they are setting  forth or putting forth various reasons not to proceed with the Senate inquiry. I’m just talking about a handful of  senators.”

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“I’d like to believe that the majority of the  senators  would want this Senate inquiry to push through because you know the matter is so important. We have to really  scrutinize everything. What’s happening really  in the war against drugs. Why are there so many killings?”  she added.

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De Lima  expressed confidence  that Senate  President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III was supportive of  her initiative to  probe the killings.

READ: Senate will probe killings, says Koko

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