Duterte to attend quad comm hearing if invited

If invited, former president Rodrigo Duterte will attend the House of Representatives quad committee hearings on extrajudicial killings.

- DIANA LHYD SUELTO

“Hindi ako aatras diyan. Sasagutin ko silang lahat at marami akong sasabihin sa taong bayan (I will not step back, I will answer them and I have a lot to tell the nation),” Duterte told his former legal adviser Salvador Panelo in the latter's Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa program on Thursday.

"There's still no invitation, but I would be happy to attend. It's an institution of government. They might want me to clarify, answer, or whatever... I am ready for that," the former president said.

Key Duterte officials who have been summoned to the quad comm hearings include retired police colonel and fomer Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office general manager Royina Garma and police Lt. Col Jovie Espenido, who testified that there was a scheme of payouts to those who killed drug suspects.