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00:00The next commissioner of the National Police Commission of NAPOLCOM is Edilberto Leonardo who has an intention to speak regarding the war on drugs of the Duterte Administration.
00:11According to the House Squad Committee Co-Chairman Representative Benny Abante, Jonathan Andal is the first to be reported.
00:20There is an amount, Mr. Chair, from what I understand, starting from P20,000 to P1,000,000 but I'm not familiar with the bracketing, Mr. Chair.
00:33For that amount, the money is being played on every dead suspect in the Davao-style drug war of the former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:41According to Retired Police Colonel Ruina Garma, it was carried out in the whole country at that time.
00:47Garma's upperclassman in the PNP Academy is Edilberto Leonardo.
00:51In the diagram released by Garma, Leonardo is the one who says how much is the reward and the money given to the operatives who can be killed.
01:00The money is being transferred to the bank accounts of Leonardo's accomplice, Peter Parungo, a.k.a. Pedro.
01:05The money came from Irmina Espino, a.k.a. Mooking, who was the Assistant Secretary in the PMS or Presidential Management Staff.
01:13She was said to be a trusted staff of Special Assistant to the President and Senator Bong Go.
01:18Malacanang accepted Leonardo's request as the Commissioner of NAPOLCOM.
01:22He is currently under the custody of the camera after being contempted in a Quadcom hearing and there are signals that he will speak according to the Quadcom.
01:30In our initial conversation, because he asked that we talk to him, initially speaking, he already has the so-called intentions that okay, he will say the rest in detail.
01:52The Palace is supportive of the criminal and administrative charges against Leonardo.
01:57Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said that they will pass this to the Justice Department.
02:02The relatives of the victims of EJK want Garma to be a witness in the ICC or International Criminal Court so that Duterte will be prosecuted for crimes against humanity.
02:12Ruina Garma is crucial in connecting the dots.
02:17She is one of the missing pieces of the puzzle in our understanding of war on drugs.
02:21How was it ordered? How was it done?
02:23We are studying how this testimony and Ruina Garma can qualify as an insider witness here in the ICC investigation.
02:34Malacanang said that the Philippines will not return as a member of the ICC.
02:39The President's mind will not change.
02:42The DOJ will wait for the committee report of the camera or if there will be a complaint to investigate.
02:48That's why Quadcom will issue a partial committee report next week.
02:52If that is a necessary requirement, then we will issue a partial committee report to have a basis to pursue the case build-up and the preliminary investigation of the witnesses.
03:08Sen. Bong Go refused Garma's confession.
03:11That's not true. As I said, there is no reward system.
03:16I am a police officer who fought against crime and illegal drugs.
03:20Do your job.
03:22That's why we fully support you. We support you in your work.
03:27But in your operations, I don't know.
03:32He also defended Duterte.
03:34He didn't say, kill this, kill that.
03:37There is no reward system in his office.
03:43He supports the police.
03:47Whatever he can support so that they can fulfill their duty.
03:53Senator Bato De La Rosa is also included in the reward system diagram.
03:57He was the chief of the PNP when Duterte started the anti-drug war.
04:01De La Rosa said that he has no idea about the reward system.
04:04When he was the chief of the PNP, he did not fulfill the reward system because he has no funds for this.
04:11Other PNP chiefs of the Duterte administration's anti-drug war,
04:16also answered their questions following Garma's revelations about the Umanoy reward system.
04:22There is a committee that is in charge of the investigation.
04:25We have a committee to investigate all allegations being made by Colonel Garma
04:33regarding EGK and other matters.
04:37We're just waiting. Our investigation is ongoing.
04:41They have to go through the process.
04:43However, having said that they are innocent until proven guilty,
04:47there are no sacred cows in this institution and in this investigation.
04:52Anyone who is guilty, anyone who is found guilty.
04:55Former PNP chief Guillermo Elazar, who was the chief of the PNP for six months in 2021,
05:00said that he did not receive an order from the Umanoy reward system
05:04regarding anti-illegal drug operations during his term.
05:07GMA Integrated News is still trying to get the statement of the former PNP chiefs
05:12under the Duterte administration.
05:15We are still trying to get the statement of the former president.
05:18This is the first news. Jonathan Andal for GMA Integrated News.
05:48Jonathan Andal for GMA Integrated News.
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06:48Transcribed by ESO, translated by —