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BY PRINCE GOLEZ
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MANILA – Sen. Leila de Lima called the Interior department’s independent investigation into the alleged abuses in the government’s war on drugs an “insult” to human rights workers and the Filipino nation.
“No one can deny these daily killings, and the criminals are getting bolder and bolder each day,” de Lima said in a statement.
According to the senator, the result of the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) probe was akin to saying traffic is not a problem in the Philippines.
Earlier the DILG found that the state committed “no massive human rights violations” in its campaign against illegal drugs.
“Like the traffic problem, our people are outraged at these continued killings done in the name of government’s all-out war against drugs,” said the former Justice secretary.
She also criticized the DILG’s recommendation to create a Philippine National Police manual as “shocking.”
The manual, according to the DILG, should already be available in every police station.
“It would seem that the DILG is not even aware of the Revised PNP Operational Procedures promulgated in 2013,” de Lima said.
“Our policemen should know this manual of operations by heart so that they will learn to respect the human rights and dignity of all suspected offenders during police operations at all times,” she said./PN
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