Quad comm: Rody, Bato should face raps
The Philippine Star|December 19, 2024
After four months of hearings, officials of the quad committee of the House of Representatives recommended yesterday the filing of charges against former president Rodrigo Duterte and seven others for alleged extrajudicial killings (EJKs) during his term.
By DELON PORCALLA

Led by its presiding chairman Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, the panel agreed that Duterte, Senators Ronald dela Rosa and Bong Go, two former chiefs of the Philippine National Police (PNP) along with two police colonels and another one be indicted for about 30,000 EJKs.

"The former president unequivocally confirmed the existence of the reward system targeting drug personalities and using leftover campaign funds to finance and support the reward system, in contravention of Comelec (Commission on Elections) rules concerning the return of excess campaign funds,” Barbers said.

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