NP-CIDG says ex-Pres. Duterte may be charged if evidence warrants

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00:00The PNP-CIDG cannot deny the possibility that former President Rodrigo Duterte may face

00:07murder charges for the cases of extrajudicial killings during his administration.

00:13According to CIDG Acting Chief Police Brigadier General Nicolás Torre III, if the evidence

00:18points to him, he will face charges, especially since the all-out war versus illegal drugs

00:24was his centerpiece platform of governance, and the thousands of unexplained deaths that

00:29resulted from it.

00:30If we see a link of anyone, including the former president, then so be it.

00:31We'll include them in the charges, if the evidence warrants.

00:39Justice Secretary Jesus Crispino Remulia shares the same sentiment.

00:43He even mentioned that the justice will bring no mercy to anyone found to be involved.

00:48As long as we don't get charged, what's important, if there's someone who's guilty in society,

00:53it's payment.

00:54That's all.

00:55It's crime and punishment.

00:57These pronouncements of the two officials come after their case conference on the reopening

01:01of the investigation on the death of General and former PCSO General Manager Wesley Barayuga.

01:08This is one of the cold cases believed to fall under EJK.

01:12During their meeting, which was held also with the National Bureau of Investigation,

01:16an agreement was struck that the PNP-CIDG and the NBI will perform a joint investigation

01:22on the case instead of a parallel probe.

01:25This will not be a parallel investigation anymore between the PNP and the NBI, but a

01:29joint investigation where the NBI and the PNP will all collaborate.

01:33So the main interface with the NBI is our CIDG.

01:38The CIDG said they may use the transcript in the congressional hearings for the investigation,

01:43particularly the statements of former PCSO General Manager Ruyina Garma and also the

01:48confession of Santi Mendoza.

01:50Garma is believed to be one of the suspects in Barayuga's case, while Mendoza testified

01:56against her.

01:57But the DOJ and the CIDG won't stop from the three priority cases mentioned in the Congress.

02:02The investigation aims to cover all other alleged EJK cases, and they ought to reach

02:07out to the families of the victims sooner or later.

02:10If there are people who are willing to testify and give us evidence, so we can revive the

02:15cases, because there is no silence until there is justice.

02:19The families of the victims should seek justice, and this is the start of the wheels of justice

02:27grinding for them.

02:28On the other hand, Duterte's former presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the problem

02:34of the case the CIDG is looking into is the lack of evidence against the former chief

02:39executive.

02:40Panelo even rebutted Torre, stressing that if he really has the evidence, he should have

02:44filed the case long ago, even during the previous administration, when he was part

02:49of the War on Drugs campaign.

02:51Meanwhile, if CIDG is still planning to charge Duterte, they have already filed a complaint

02:56against the legal counsel of KOJC leader Apollo Quibuloy.

03:00They have filed a sedition complaint against Attorney Israeli Tutorion, SMNI anchors Lorraine

03:06Badoy, Jeffrey Sellis, and eight others.

03:09As you can see, the government is serving a warrant of arrest against five fugitives,

03:16and they're preventing us from doing so.

03:19The complaint is timely with the decision of Pasig Regional Trial Court denying the

03:23hospital arrest request of Quibuloy, which was commended by Senator Risa Hontiveros.

03:29Hontiveros even said she hopes the court will grant her request to let Quibuloy attend the

03:34Senate hearing next week.

03:37Luisa Erispe, from the National TV, for a new and better Philippines.

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