Manila Bulletin
Senate panel sets hearing on PDEA-PNP 'misencounter'
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs will proceed with its inquiry into the "misencounter" between the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday, March 15.
The hearing, chaired by Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, was initially postponed after President Duterte ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to lead an impartial probe.
The shootout, which occurred on February 24 near a Quezon City mall, resulted in the deaths of two policemen, one PDEA agent, and a PDEA informant, with the NBI later confirming another fatality.
Both the PNP and PDEA have maintained that their respective operations were legitimate.
The committee will also discuss Senate President Vicente Sotto III's proposed bill to create a Presidential Drug Enforcement Authority and the implementation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
PNP chief General Debold Sinas was invited but is unlikely to attend due to a positive COVID-19 test.
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