00:00Good afternoon, Chairperson Benvenuto Abante Jr. and Honorable Members of the House Committee
00:05on Human Rights.
00:07Thank you for inviting me in this proceedings.
00:09Good afternoon also to my fellow resource persons.
00:13I'd like to begin by saying that there is no doubt in my mind that former President
00:19Rodrigo Duterte is the mastermind, as he was the instigator and inducer of the drug war
00:26killings.
00:28The drug war was implemented as an official Duterte program of government when he assumed
00:33office as President.
00:35This is undeniable, since Oplon Double Barrel is a well-documented official PNP operation
00:42plan.
00:44The consequent extrajudicial killings were also intentionally and deliberately carried
00:49out as part and parcel of Oplon Double Barrel upon Duterte's orders as President and Chief
00:55Executive from 2016 to 2022.
01:00These killings constitute a systematic attack on civilians and considered as a crime against
01:07humanity under international humanitarian law.
01:13For his crimes against humanity, both as Davao City Mayor and Philippine President, Duterte
01:20should be prosecuted and convicted with the International Criminal Court and spend the
01:25remainder of his life in prison.
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