Kamara, bumuo ng quad-committee na tututok sa mga krimen na may kaugnayan sa POGO; ex-Pres. Duterte, iimbitahan

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00:00The Quad Committee formed the Chamber of Investigation on Crimes Related to POGO.

00:06One of the people invited to face the charges of extrajudicial killings is former President Rodrigo Duterte.

00:15Here is the story of Mela Lesmoras.

00:19The leader of the Chamber, who has nothing to do with politics, condemned their investigation

00:25on the crimes committed by the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators or POGO.

00:30Now, the judges are looking into the issue.

00:34They formed a Quad Committee to investigate not only POGO crimes

00:39but also illegal drugs and extrajudicial killings

00:44during the administration that they believe are connected to each other.

00:49The Quad Committee includes the House Committee on Human Rights,

00:52the Committee on Public Order and Safety,

00:54the Committee on Dangerous Drugs,

00:55and the Committee on Public Accounts.

00:57They invited to face the charges of extrajudicial killings

01:00is former President Rodrigo Duterte,

01:02who issued an executive order on POGO and launched a war on drugs,

01:08as well as former PNP chief, Senator Ronald de la Rosa.

01:12I believe that our investigation is actually a national security concern.

01:20That's why we agreed to invite the former President

01:25to answer all these questions

01:28because this concerns our national security.

01:32And only he can answer these questions.

01:35This is not politics.

01:36This is not related to political persecution.

01:40We are just doing our job

01:43so that we can fix the government's agencies

01:46and the government's rules

01:48that prohibit people from entering prisons.

01:53The Quad-Com Joint Investigation was scheduled to begin on August 15.

01:57Before it began,

01:59a wrap-up hearing was held by the Committee on Public Order and Safety

02:03and the Committee on Games and Amusements

02:05regarding their first investigation on POGO.

02:08The former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque

02:12and former Chairman Alejandro Tengco were present.

02:14In the middle of the total POGO ban,

02:16the idea emerged here in the House

02:18that the revenue from POGO should be exchanged for a sum of money.

02:23But some congressmen immediately opposed it.

02:27For me, any form of gambling promotes corruption.

02:31Congressman Akop was right

02:35that it is a social ill.

02:38Even if any form of gambling

02:42could provide some resources to the government,

02:45it is still a social ill.

02:47We cannot deny that.

02:49The congressmen, aside from the POGO issue,

02:53continue to focus on other important issues

02:57for the welfare of our countrymen.

03:00Mela Las Moras for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.

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