Duterte testifies on drug war policies, admits to past killings

Former President Rodrigo Duterte visited Batasang Pambansa on Wednesday to confront the House Quad Committee about their previous postponement of the November 13 probe into his administration's drug war policies.

Despite earlier reports of a postponed hearing, the committee proceeded with the 11th Joint Public Hearing as scheduled at 9:30 AM in Batasang Pambansa after Duterte said he would attend regardless.

During the hearing, Duterte admitted to planting evidence on a suspected criminal when he was Davao City mayor and reiterated that he killed six or seven people during his tenure.

QuadComm chair Robert Ace Barbers announced that they will invite Duterte again for their 12th hearing on November 21, emphasizing that Duterte is part of the list of invited resource persons due to his involvement in the drug war policies.

Retired police colonel Royina Garma testified during the hearing, claiming that Duterte called her in 2016 about creating a task force to implement the so-called Davao template nationwide and providing cash grants worth P20,000 to P1 million to police officers who killed drug suspects.

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