Go joins Duterte, Dela Rosa as implicated persons in drug war bloodbath

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First, former president Rodrigo Duterte; then Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa; and now, Senator Christopher "Bong" Go.   Go was the latest high-profile name to be implicated in the alleged extrajudicial killings (EJKs) during Duterte's bloody war on drugs, as per the investigation of the House quad-committee (quad-comm).   READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/8/28/go-joins-duterte-dela-rosa-as-implicated-persons-in-drug-war-bloodbath  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00So, you confirm, Colonel, that this POGO has a basis and has orders to fund the reward system that came from POGO.

00:14In your name, here in paragraph 40, is it correct that this is our current Senator, Senator Bongo?

00:26That's the information I received from Mayor Annabarro, Your Honors.

00:30From Mayor, okay.

00:31And there is also written here that intelligence funds are also funding the reward system that you said in your affidavit.

00:40How do you know that it also came from intelligence funds?

00:45That is mostly what we heard, Your Honors, from our police.

00:51That it is for the funds of the reward system, Your Honors.

00:59I will go back to Kerwin Espinosa.

01:02In your opinion, Mr. Chair, that this was suddenly protected, is it also included in all this and corroborate your statements? Is it correct, Mr. Chair?

01:13Yes, Your Honors.

01:14There is also AIDG, is it included? Is it correct?

01:19Yes, Your Honors.

01:20And these LGUs and these POGO entities that we established that the reward system funds came from here,

01:34can you give us a list of entities that you know or LGUs that you know?

01:44Your Honors, Mr. Chair, I'm sorry for that because I don't have any document to indicate their names.

01:54Just only an information as a chief of police and an officer of the PNP.

02:00Maybe, Mr. Chair, these things in the list of BAGMEN, the intelligence officers, the POGO entities, the list of LGUs,

02:09of course, to protect later on in the executive session, maybe we can get this.

02:14Just to protect the names that come out, we want to protect these people also and especially Colonel.

02:19That we will release within the executive session, Mr. Chair.

02:26So, in my understanding, there is really a system of reward inside.

02:35And this system of reward seems to fund the LGU, the STL, the POGO, the intelligence funds,

02:45and someone is identifying these things.

02:49And the one who is identifying these things, as you said in Paragraph 40, is Senator Bongo.

02:59Is my understanding correct?

03:03The information that I have, Your Honor, Mr. Chair, in Paragraph 40,

03:07that is only the information that came from Mayor Navarro.

03:12But to link Senator Bongo, that it really came from him.

03:17I don't have, Your Honor, Mr. Chair.

03:19And the system of quota in giving orders, and the system of protection,

03:28it seems like someone is being chosen here.

03:31Who will suddenly have a search warrant, and who will suddenly die in a search.

03:38And there is also a system of protection, just like what Kerwin Espinosa was chasing before,

03:44now it is being protected.

03:46And there is a system of quota, it probably came from the orders.

03:50Someone is ordering here.

03:52And as you mentioned, here in your affidavit, of course, it came from your boss.

04:01And it seems like this is what Congressman Joel asked earlier, that this is from Senator.

04:12Your Honor, Mr. Chair, to qualify the category in the target,

04:18I cannot say, Your Honor, here in this quad committee,

04:23that someone was chosen, as long as that is what I saw,

04:29and what I learned, that this is what will happen inside Tukhang.

04:36But all of this, Mr. Chair, let us just confirm,

04:40this will not happen if there is no order from the higher ups.

04:44Yes, Your Honor.

04:45And this is what we were told.

04:47And it is written here in your affidavit.

04:50Again, under oath, Mr. Chair, the allegations and the personalities are heavy.

04:56But you confirm that these two personalities that are written in your affidavit

05:01are included in the whole system that we established now.

05:08That is the only information I have heard from Mayor Navarro, Your Honor.

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