In a radio interview, Dela Rosa said he felt no need to prepare for a face-off tomorrow with some personalities, including a suspected drug lord and several ranking police officers, who had linked him to a reward system in the enforcement of Duterte's campaign to neutralize suspected drug offenders.
The accusations against Dela Rosa were raised at the hearings by the quad committee of the House of Representatives on extrajudicial killings during the Duterte administration's war on drugs.
"I can answer them point by point without preparation. I will share my personal knowledge, not chismis or opinion," Dela Rosa said over radio dwIZ yesterday.
"There is no need for preparation when it comes to the truth. Everything will come out naturally in the course of the hearing. No need to rehearse," he added.
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III will lead the Senate investigation.
Dela Rosa confirmed that he recently had dinner with Duterte, the latter's partner Honeylet Avanceña and Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez in Davao City after attending a gun show.
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