In what could put a brighter spotlight on beleaguered Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa, Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno has revealed details on the alleged "recycling" of guns recovered from suspects in the previous Duterte administration's bloody war on drugs. (Video courtesy of House of Representatives)
00:00May I request, Speaker, that the slides be shown on the screen?
00:09Dear Speaker, good afternoon, colleagues.
00:12As we commemorate Human Rights Day, I rise to bring to our people's attention compelling evidence that raises alarming questions about the so-called war on drugs of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:27Under the leadership of the then Chief of the Philippine National Police, Senator Bato de la Rosa.
00:36Ayon mismo, the Office of the President's 2017 year-end report, as cited by the Supreme Court in Almora v. de la Rosa,
00:47Mula July 1, 2016, hanggang November 30, 2017,
00:5420,322 taong ang pinatay sa war on drugs ni Rodrigo Duterte.
01:03Of the 20,322 persons killed in the first 17 months of the war on drugs,
01:133,967 Filipinos were killed in police operations and 16,355 in other circumstances.
01:23Yung halos apat na libong pinatay sa police operations ang sinasabi ng PNP na quote-unquote nanlaban.
01:34Pero may hawak po tayong ebidensya na sinumitemismo ng PNP sa Supreme Court
01:40na pinapabulaanan ang aligasyon na nanlaban ang mga suspect na pinatay ng police sa kanilang mga operasyon.
01:50Ito ang kwento ng isang Colt Calibre .45 pistol na may serial number 936185.
02:02Isipin po natin, isang baril pero tatlong beses daw na recover sa tatlong magkakaibang insidente,
02:10sa tatlong magkakaibang pecha, sa tatlong magkakaibang barangay, at sa tatlong magkakaibang nanlaban kuno.
02:20On September 22, 2016, based on official police reports,
02:26a by-bus operation was conducted at barangay sa Uyo, Novaliches, Quezon City
02:32by operatives of the Novaliches Police Station, or PS4.
02:37Like so many other by-bus operations conducted during the war on drugs, nanlaban daw ang suspect.
02:48Nambunot daw sila ng baril, kaya sila ay pinatay ng police.
02:53Ayon sa police reports, isa sa na-recover na baril sa mga suspect ay Colt Calibre .45 pistol with serial number 936185.
03:07The very next day, Mr. Speaker, September 23, 2016,
03:14nagsagawa naman ang by-bus operation, ang mga operatiba ng Talipapa Police Station, PS3, QCPD,
03:23sa may Congressional Avenue Extension, Barangay Culiat, Quezon City.
03:28Nanlaban din daw ang dalawang suspect, kaya sila ay pinatay ng police,
03:35at may na-recover na .45 caliber Colt pistol, again with serial number 936185.
03:44Mr. Speaker, ang tanong ko sa PNP,
03:49how could a pistol with the same make, caliber, and serial number
03:53be recovered by two different police units in two different by-bus operations
03:59conducted on two different dates in two different places involving two different sets of suspects?
04:08Pero hindi pa po tapos ang kwento ni Colt Calibre .45 pistol dyan.
04:14On November 30, 2016, two months after the by-bus operations I just discussed,
04:21nagkaroon ng isang police operation malapit sa Our Lady of Lourdes Technological Institute
04:27sa may barangay na kaisang nayon, Novaliches, Quezon City.
04:32Just like the September 22, 2016 operation,
04:36ang involved po dito ay mga operatiba ng Novaliches Police Station, PS4.
04:43Kasong nanlaban din daw, pero ang lumaban at pinatay ay isang robbery suspect.
04:51But lo and behold, Mr. Speaker, miracle of miracles,
04:56ang na-recover na baril ay .45 caliber Colt pistol with serial number 936185,
05:03the very same serial number as the firearm recovered on September 22, 2016, and September 23, 2016.
05:14Iisang baril na paulit-ulit na na-recover, halos imposibleng mangyari kung hindi man katawa-tawa.
05:22Pero kung paano, kung sasabihin ko po sa inyo na hindi lang ito ang baril na paulit-ulit lumalabas sa mga police reports.
05:33Ito naman ang kwento ni Colt Caliber .45 pistol with serial number 361852.
05:40Noong August 17, 2016, sa isang checkpoint sa barangay Pinyahan, QC by operatives of Ancar DSOU,
05:51may nanlaban at pinatay na dalawang suspect.
05:54At may na-recover, ayon sa police, na isang Colt Caliber .45 pistol with serial number 361852.
06:03Three weeks later, September 8, 2016, nagsagawa naman ang by-bus operation ang mga operatiba ng Kamuning Police Station PS10
06:22which resulted in the death of a certain fidel and the recovery of a pistol with the same caliber, make, and serial number as that recovered on August 17, 2016.
06:34On September 22, 2016, in another by-bus operation, this time at the Barangay Bagong Silangan, QC by operatives of Police Station 6 in Batasan,
06:48may nanlaban na naman na suspect at pinatay na naman ng police.
06:54Ang baril na na-recover, walang iba kung hindi isang Colt Caliber .45 pistol with serial number 361852,
07:03the very same make, caliber, and serial number as the pistol recovered on August 17 and September 8, 2016.
07:13Pangatlong kwento po, ito naman ay kwento ng Remington Caliber .45 pistol with serial number 047936.
07:24Noong September 29, 2016, nagsagawa ng by-bus operation ang mga operatiba ng Batasan Police Station PS6
07:32sa may Navarro Compound, Barangay Holy Spirit, QC.
07:38Nanglaban daw at pinatay ang suspect at may na-recover na baril,
07:43quote,
07:441 caliber .45 Remington pistol, serial number 047936.
07:49Around seven months later, on May 3, 2017, in another by-bus operation by the same police station,
07:59this time at Creek Extension, San Miguel Street, Barangay Payatas, QC,
08:05nanlaban na naman ang suspect at pinatay.
08:09Ang baril na na-recover, Remington Caliber .45 pistol with serial number 047936.
08:16Pangapat na kwento, Remington Caliber .45 pistol with serial number 04793618.
08:28On September 28, 2016, Mr. Speaker, a by-bus operation was conducted by operatives of the Novaliches Police Station
08:36at Area C, Pasacola, Barangay Nagkaisang Nayon, Novaliches, QC,
08:42which resulted in the deaths of five men and one woman.
08:48And, again, an alleged nanlaban situation that resulted in the recovery of a Remington Caliber .45 pistol
08:57with serial number 0793-618.
09:01But two months later, on November 4, 2016, in a test by operation
09:07in Barangay Old Balara, Quezon City, by operatives of Batasan Police Station 6,
09:16nanlaban na naman daw ang suspect at pinatay uli ng police.
09:20Ang na-recover na baril, walang iba, kundi Remington Caliber .45 pistol with the same serial number 0793-618.
09:34Panglimang kwento, Colt Caliber .45 pistol with serial number 9111243.
09:42October 5, 2016, nagsagawa ang mga operatiba ng Batasan Police Station
09:48ng by-bus operation at simultaneous raids sa alleged drug dents
09:54sa may Group 3 Chocolate Hills Payatas BQC.
10:00In one of the raids, a pistol described as, quote,
10:03one caliber .45 Colt pistol with serial number 9111243 was recovered by the police based on their police report.
10:13But 25 days later, on October 30, 2016,
10:18a by-bus operation was conducted by operatives of a different police station, PS3,
10:24Barangay Talipapa, QC, at Barangay Sangandaan, Quezon City,
10:29which resulted in the deaths of two suspects in yet another nanlaban situation
10:35and the recovery of a Colt Caliber .45 with the same serial number 9111423
10:42as that allegedly recovered on October 5, 2016.
10:48Pang-anim na kwentong baril,
10:50Colt Caliber .45 pistol with serial number 479361.
10:56October 8, 2016,
10:59Mr. Speaker,
11:00nagsagawa ng by-bus operation ang mga operatiba
11:03ng Masambong Police Station, PS2, UCPD,
11:08along Pat Senador Street,
11:10corner West Riverside Street,
11:13Barangay Del Monte, Quezon City,
11:15which resulted in the death of the suspect
11:18in another nanlaban case
11:20and the recovery of a Colt Caliber .45 pistol
11:23with serial number 479361.
11:28But two weeks later,
11:30on October 22, 2016,
11:33sa iba naman by-bus operation
11:35na isinagawa ng Novaliches Police Station
11:38sa may Barangay Bagbag, Novaliches,
11:41which resulted in the death of the suspect
11:43and the recovery of the pistol
11:45which, lo and behold,
11:47bears the same caliber, make, and serial number
11:50as that recovered on October 8
11:53by a different police station.
11:56Pang-pitong kwentong baril,
11:59Springfield Armory Caliber .45 pistol
12:02with serial number 195859.
12:07Noong November 20, 2018,
12:09ang mga operatiba ng DDEU,
12:12Camp Karingal, Katuna Village,
12:14kasama ang DSOU QCPD
12:16at PIDEA, RONCR,
12:19ay nagsagawa ng by-bus operation
12:21sa Katobato Street,
12:23Pook Arboretum, Barangay UP Campus,
12:26Quezon City.
12:27Nanlaban na naman daw ang suspect,
12:31pinatay,
12:32at may narecover na baril,
12:34Springfield Armory Caliber .45
12:37with serial number 195859.
12:42Just three days later,
12:44nagsagawa ng by-bus operation
12:46ang same police unit
12:48sa loob ng isang bahay
12:49sa K4th Street,
12:51Camuning, Quezon City,
12:53resulting in the death of two suspects
12:55and the recovery
12:56of a Springfield Armory .45 caliber pistol
13:01with the same serial number
13:03195859.
13:06The police reports being shown on the screen,
13:09Mr. Speaker,
13:11were submitted by the Office of the Solicitor General
13:14to the Supreme Court
13:15in the cases entitled
13:17Almora v. De La Rosa
13:19and Danio v. PNP.
13:22According to the government's own filings,
13:25in Quezon City alone,
13:27during the period 2016 to 2018,
13:30there were at least seven firearms
13:32that appear to have been recycled
13:34in different police operations
13:36on different dates involving different suspects
13:40who allegedly fought back and were killed.
13:44And in addition,
13:45there are also another seven firearms
13:47with the same serial number
13:49but different description
13:51as to make model or caliber
13:53recovered in different police operations.
13:56It is, I believe,
13:59incumbent on the PNP
14:01to prove that these are different firearms.
14:05Si po, Mr. Speaker,
14:07if they are the same,
14:08this means that at least 14 firearms
14:11were recycled by the Quezon City Police
14:14from 2016 to 2018
14:16in the past administration's war on drugs.
14:20Mr. Speaker,
14:23mga kasamang mambabatas,
14:25how could pistols bearing the same make,
14:27caliber, and serial number
14:29have been recovered
14:30in various non-laban cases?
14:33Totoo bang non-laban?
14:35O baka naman may nagtanim ng ebidensya?
14:39This must be investigated.
14:42What happened to these firearms?
14:44Where are they now?
14:45Who has custody over them?
14:47Have they been examined and tested?
14:50If these pistols were truly recycled
14:52and therefore planted,
14:54the government must go after those responsible
14:57and compensate the families of those who were killed
15:00since the planted firearms negate the claims of non-laban.
15:05Habang ipinagdiriwang natin ang Human Rights Day,
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