He admitted to using 'gangsters' to kill other criminals while mayor of Davao, but denied ordering the killing of thousands under his crackdown on drugs while president.
Rodrigo Duterte remained defiant throughout the senate hearing.Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has faced a senate inquiry in Manila looking into the killing of thousands of people under his war on drugs while leader.
Mr Duterte, however, denied authorising police to gun down thousands of suspects in a bloody crackdown on illegal drugs he had ordered as president and which is the subject ofThe 79-year-old attended the televised inquiry in his first public appearance since his term ended in 2022. The senate is looking into the drug killings under Mr Duterte, which were unprecedented in their scale in recent Philippine history.
"I'll ask a gangster to kill somebody," Mr Duterte said. "If you will not kill , I will kill you now." "Did I ever tell you to kill any criminal?" he asked his former police chiefs. They included Ronald Dela Rosa, the current senator who first enforced Mr Duterte's campaign against illegal drugs as his national police chief.Aside from the International Criminal Court's ongoing investigation, there have been no known criminal complaints filed against Mr Duterte in Philippine courts over the killings.
"This man, the former mayor of Davao city and the former president of the Republic of the Philippines, for so long has evaded justice and accountability," said de Lima, sitting near the former president.
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