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00:00In the first meeting of the former President Rodrigo Duterte in the Senate hearing on the war on drugs of his administration,
00:06he denied that he did not order the police to kill drug addicts.
00:11However, he admitted his responsibility in the campaign against drugs.
00:16The former President also confirmed that he had a death squad.
00:20Here is the first news, Rafi Tima.
00:25I can make the confession now, if you want.
00:29I have a death squad, but not the police.
00:37They are also the gangsters.
00:41I ordered one gangster, kill him because if you don't kill him, I will kill you now.
00:49This is the confession of the former President Rodrigo Duterte about the Davao death squad
00:53when he faced the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigating his war on drugs.
00:58You mentioned that you have your own death squad.
01:01Is that what you're trying to tell us so we won't be confused?
01:06I mean, can we be very clear?
01:08It's not a death squad.
01:10This is a direct speech.
01:14It's not a death squad.
01:16As long as the people in Davao know that I'm there,
01:20and you commit a heinous crime,
01:26and the aggravated person can't go anywhere,
01:32that's me.
01:33What is the structure of that death squad?
01:37Structure against crime and criminals.
01:41And who are those seven?
01:42They all look like dead people, ma'am.
01:44It's okay, sir. What are their names?
01:47I cannot remember the name.
01:50I am 73 years old.
01:53I don't know why I'm here.
01:55Do those seven people have rewards when they commit a murder?
02:00No, ma'am. They are rich.
02:02There are a lot of rich people in Davao.
02:05What is the connection between the rich people in Davao and the members of the death squad?
02:10Because they want their city to be safe.
02:13They are giving the rich people rewards in the death squad?
02:17Duterte is angry.
02:18As the President, he has no order to the police to kill those involved in drugs.
02:22Call of duty of the President.
02:27That's me.
02:28Because I was the President at the time.
02:31And I did not call, Mr. Senator.
02:38I warned all the people of the Philippines.
02:44If you are involved in drugs,
02:48let it go. Drop it.
02:52Because we will have problems.
02:55There were murders.
02:57But it was not state-sponsored killings.
03:03But Duterte said, he asked the police to kill the criminals involved in the fight.
03:09He also instructed the former police generals who joined the death squad.
03:13All of these on my right side,
03:19they were led by the Chief of Police, the Police Director.
03:25All of them were commanders of the death squad.
03:31Senator de la Rosa.
03:34That's a death squad.
03:38Because they were police directors
03:43handling the controlling crimes in the city.
03:52So when you say death squad,
03:56it's a very loose term.
03:58I mind very much me being associated with the DDS because
04:03during that time when I was the City Director of Davao,
04:05it was really a problem for us, especially the unsolved killings.
04:11I think he's just joking, sir.
04:13There is no such thing as you kill him, you kill...
04:16There is no such thing, sir.
04:17So it's just a matter of taking things on your hand.
04:20We know how President Duterte tells stories.
04:24When he said,
04:26she's a baton de la Rosa, she's a death squad.
04:31I'm 100% sure he was joking.
04:34And in fact, he replied afterwards.
04:37He said that the police are not included.
04:40You said that you encouraged the PNP to encourage the suspect to fight
04:47so that he can be killed, so that he can say, fight.
04:50Correct.
04:51Correct.
04:52It was very incorrect.
04:54Correct, yes.
04:55If I go back, sir, I will do it again.
05:00Double.
05:01Duterte was also faced with hearing.
05:04Former Senator Laila Dlima,
05:06only one seat between the two.
05:08In the face of the dilemma and the relatives of those who died under the Duterte drug war,
05:12Duterte said that he will not apologize,
05:14even though he promises responsibility for the campaign.
05:18Do not question my policies
05:22because I offer no apologies,
05:27no excuses.
05:29I did what I had to do.
05:33And whether you believe it or not,
05:37I did it for my country,
05:41for all of its successes and shortcomings.
05:48I, and I alone,
05:52take full legal responsibility.
05:57I will be held accountable.
05:59And I will be jailed.
06:01The police should not have followed my orders.
06:04What a pity.
06:06They are just working.
06:08He was inducing,
06:11encouraging the killings.
06:14And it cannot just be purely rhetoric.
06:18Because he followed what he said.
06:23He followed what he said that those should be killed.
06:29Whether they fight or not,
06:31we will not be able to answer him after all these years.
06:36And these killings had started
06:39when he was still a mayor.
06:42I think that's too much to say that everyone fought.
06:47We don't even have the death penalty.
06:49There is no honor in punishment like tokhang.
06:54It should not be an honor to be called the punisher
06:58when thousands of innocent people,
07:00including babies,
07:02have died in your name.
07:04The war on drugs will never be raised by the Filipinos.
07:10Some of the children of those killed in the drug war are also in custody.
07:14Including the son of Kian De Los Santos,
07:16a 17-year-old student who was shot and killed by the police in Caloocan
07:20because he fought back in 2017.
07:22It was proven that he did not have a gun
07:25and he did not fight the police.
07:27My brother, the President, was dismayed by what happened.
07:31We have not yet obtained justice.
07:38We won the RTC.
07:40There is a DANIOS case.
07:42We have not yet obtained justice.
07:44The discussion was heated by the direct question of the former President
07:46if he accepts the full responsibility for the death of Kian
07:50and some others who were killed in the war on drugs.
07:52The police took the lead.
07:54Yes, and what about the lead of the police
07:56that thousands of people died
07:58including Kian De Los Santos?
08:00Do you also take full responsibility for that, Mr. Chair?
08:04No.
08:06How about Carl Anthony Nunez?
08:10Before you ramble on those many things.
08:12No, no, no. I'm not rambling, Mr. Chair.
08:14My questions are very specific.
08:16The law is specific.
08:18Guilt is personal.
08:21Ask the lawyer first.
08:23It's okay. I can ask the lawyer.
08:25Go ahead.
08:27Ask him first before we proceed.
08:29No, no, no.
08:31I have prepared these questions with my legislative staff.
08:33Guilt is personal.
08:35Yes, it's very personal.
08:37You cannot pass it to others.
08:39No, no, no. This is not passing.
08:41Blue Ribbon is investigating the war on drugs
08:43and the result of extrajudicial killings there.
08:45Now, let me ask you about Carl Anthony Nunez.
08:47Do you take responsibility for his death?
08:49I was talking about the policy.
08:51I take full responsibility
08:53for the war on drugs.
08:55You said, sir,
08:57you can hold me responsible
08:59for any death.
09:01Yes, sir.
09:03You spoke about specific crimes.
09:05If I say I will take full responsibility
09:07for Carl Anthony Nunez's death,
09:09you cannot hold me responsible
09:11for his death.
09:13You cannot hold me responsible
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