00:00Former President Rodrigo Duterte faced the Senate's hearing on the war on drugs.
00:05The former president promised responsibility for this,
00:08but he suddenly refused to ask if he promised responsibility to those who died in the drug war.
00:14He also made a statement about the Davao Death Squad.
00:18Joseph Morong reports.
00:21In the face of the former President Duterte,
00:24in the Senate's investigation on the war on drugs of his administration,
00:28Davao Death Squad is the only truth.
00:30I have a death squad,
00:36death squad,
00:37seven, but not the police.
00:42They are also the gangsters.
00:46I ordered one gangster,
00:49kill him because if you don't kill him, I will kill you now.
00:53He said he established this when he was still a mayor,
00:55and he created a gang of wealthy businessmen who wanted to kill criminals.
01:00But when the senators questioned him, the answer of the former president was unclear.
01:04You mentioned that you have your own death squad.
01:08Is that what you're trying to tell us so we won't be confused?
01:12It's not a death squad.
01:14As long as the people of Davao know that I'm there,
01:18and you commit a heinous crime,
01:23and no one can go to the grave,
01:31that's me.
01:32Are there rewards for those seven people if they are killed?
01:36No, ma'am.
01:37There are many bastards who are rich in Davao.
01:42What is the connection between the rich in Davao and the members of the death squad?
01:45They want the criminals to die.
01:47Because they want their city to be safe.
01:49That's what retired police colonel Roina Garma believed,
01:52that there is a Davao death squad.
01:54Duterte Drugwar was likened to the Davao model,
01:57where they give drugs to murderous drug suspects.
02:01Garma said that Duterte asked the police to find a member of the Church Of Christ to carry out the task.
02:07He's lying.
02:12Why?
02:14Why would I choose the Church Of Christ?
02:17Duterte has no orders as president to kill police officers who are involved in drugs.
02:22But he has a request from the former chiefs of Davao City.
02:26What I said is this.
02:29Let's be frank.
02:31Encourage the criminals to fight.
02:37Encourage them to draw their guns.
02:40That's my instruction.
02:42That's my instruction.
02:44Encourage them to fight.
02:49If they fight, kill them so that my problem in my city can be solved.
02:56You encouraged the PNP to encourage the suspects to fight.
03:02Yes.
03:03So that they can be killed.
03:04Yes.
03:05So that they can fight.
03:06Correct.
03:07Correct.
03:08This is very incorrect.
03:09Correct. Yes.
03:10As a prosecutor, mayor, and president, I know my job.
03:15Duterte promised responsibility for the drug war.
03:18But when asked if he accepts the responsibility for the death of Kian De Los Santos and other victims of extrajudicial killings,
03:26Do you assume responsibility for the death of Kian De Los Santos?
03:30No.
03:31No.
03:32Guilt is personal.
03:34Yes. It's very personal.
03:36You can't pass it on to others.
03:38No, no, no. This is not a pass.
03:40Blue Ribbon is investigating the war on drugs and the result of extrajudicial killings.
03:46I take full responsibility for the war on drugs.
03:52You said, sir, you can hold me responsible for any death.
03:57Yes, sir. You spoke about...
03:59That's not allowed.
04:00If I say I will take full responsibility,
04:04we will go to court.
04:06They will not accept that.
04:08Senator Coco Pimentel refused to wait for the former president, Senator Riza Ontiveros.
04:14Duterte asked for a recess and to return to the hearing.
04:17Duterte said he was just excited so he raised his voice.
04:21Joseph Morong reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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