Several house lawmakers react to statements of ex-Pres. Duterte during Senate hearing on war on drugs

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00:00House Quad Committee Co-Chair Representative Bienvenido Abante Jr. urged the Department

00:05of Justice, or DOJ, and the Office of the Ombudsman to study the possible filing of

00:10a case against former President Rodrigo Duterte based on his statements in today's Senate

00:16hearing.

00:17In particular, the lawmaker pointed out the former president's admission that he should

00:22be the one to be penalized and go to jail for all the issues regarding the war on drugs.

00:27Even the so-called young guns of the lower house made a call to hold former President

00:32Duterte accountable.

00:33For his part, House Deputy Majority Leader Jude Asidre pointed out the former chief executive

00:39himself took full responsibility for all that transpired and should be put behind bars for

00:45the alleged extrajudicial killings.

00:48Meanwhile, House Assistant Majority Leader Paolo Ortega said, if local authorities don't

00:53act on this matter, then it can be coursed through the International Criminal Court or

00:58ICC.

00:59Recent admission by the former president of responsibility for all the killings under

01:09his controversial war on drugs during the Senate hearing could open up, could open the

01:16doors for legal action, both domestically and internationally, for them to make an initial

01:35investigation on that.

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