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Garma gets phone call from Duterte after quad-comm revelation: 'I said Iām sorry'
Retired police colonel Royina Garma revealed that former president Rodrigo Duterte contacted her after her October 11 testimony.
Garma admitted to apologizing to Duterte during the call, which occurred after her testimony.
Duterte had previously asked Garma to find an Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) member to lead the nationwide drug war task force.
She testified that Duterte had asked her to find a Philippine National Police (PNP) operative to implement the drug war using the "Davao template" after his 2016 victory.
The Davao model, as described by Garma, involved a system of payments rewarding drug war actors for successful killings, funding planned operations, and refunding operational expenses.
Cash rewards for drug war kills under Duterte ranged from P20,000 for street-level suspects to P1 million for "chemists, traders, manufacturers, financiers, and ninja cops".
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