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<b><i><span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">Sen. Cayetano questions the claims made by Edgar Matobato, the supposed Davao Death Squad member who testified in the Senate probe on extrajudicial killings. Sen. De Lima later walks out of the room as Sen. Cayetano is speaking.</span></i></b></h2>
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<b><i><span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">Senator Manny Pacquiao also moves that the entire committee on justice and human rights, which Senator De Lima heads, be declared vacant</span></i></b></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: magenta;">WALKOUT. Senator Leila De Lima walks out while Senator Alan Peter Cayetano is delivering a privilege speech.</span></span></span></h3>
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MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Senator Leila De Lima walked out of the session hall during Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s privilege speech on Monday, September 19.<br />
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In his privilege speech, Cayetano – President Rodrigo Duterte’s former running mate and one of his staunchest allies in the Senate – accused De Lima of destroying the image of the Senate and the Philippines abroad.</span><br />
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De Lima said she left the hall “in protest” of Cayetano.<br />
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"I cannot stand it. I’m gonna deliver my own privilege speech tomorrow instead of confronting him now,” she told reporters..<br />
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"Tumayo po ako at umalis bilang protesta sa maiitim na planong patahimikin ako at ipagpatuloy ang paghahanap ng katotohanan sa likod ng mga nagaganap na patayan sa ngalan ng kampanya laban sa droga," the senator said in a separate statement.<br />
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(I stood up and left as a protest to the evil plans to silence me from continuing to look for the truth amid drug-related killings.)<br />
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Asked for her comment on tarnishing the country’s image abroad because of the Senate probe into extrajudicial killings, De Lima said: “What’s destroying the reputation of the country are the killings not me,” said De Lima, chairperson of the Senate committee on justice and human rights which is leading a Senate inquiry on alleged extrajudicial killings under the government's anti-drug campaign.<br />
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"Ang tunay na nakakasira ay ang patuloy na mga patayang nagaganap dito sa ating bayan. Lalo pa itong lumalala dahil sa mga kilos at salita ng matataas na pinuno na tila naghihikayat na isantabi ang karapatang pantao sa paglaban sa ilegal na droga,"De Lima said.<br />
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(What destroys the country's image is the continuous killings. This worsens because of the acts and words of our high-level officials who seemingly encourage disregard for human rights in the fight against illegal drugs.)<br />
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It was De Lima who last week presented an alleged former member of the Davao Death Squad who tagged Duterte and his son Paolo as among those who ordered killings in Davao City.<br />
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After Cayetano’s speech, Senator Manny Pacquiao, Duterte’s party mate, moved that the whole committee of justice and human rights be declared vacated.</span><br />
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<b><i>HEARINGS RESUME. Senator Leila de Lima, chairperson of the Senate committee on justice and human rights, says more witnesses have been called to testify on representative cases of drug-related extrajudicial killings on September 15, 2016. Photo from the August 22 hearing by LeAnne Jazul/Rappler</i></b></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">MANILA, Philippines – Senator Leila de Lima, who chairs the committee on justice and human rights said more witnesses will be presented when the hearing on drug-related killings resumes on Thursday morning, September 15.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">“After 3 weeks since the committee started its inquiry, we have yet to hear the testimonies of other witnesses who can provide not only the clearer and broader picture behind these killings but also any loopholes in enforcing our laws,” De Lima said in a statement on Wednesday.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">The committee conducted hearings on August 22 and 23, and agreed to the request of Senator Alan Cayetano to suspend the investigation until after the ASEAN Summit in Laos, so as not to embarass President Rodrigo Duterte</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">The senator said the justice committee, jointly with the committee on public order and dangerous drugs, will “present more witnesses” as they continue to look into “representative cases” of extrajudicial killings and summary executions that have been on the rise since the Duterte administration started its all-out campaign against illegal drugs.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">At least 9 witnesses are expected to testify on 8 cases, where 11 victims are involved, De Lima said.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">“We have also invited other resource persons from the government sector, civil society groups and human rights advocates, as well as from the media. We hope to get their views and insights on this issue,” she added.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">The senator – criticized by no less than President Duterte for her alleged links to the drug trade – emphasized once more that her investigation is not meant to derail police operations.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">“The Senate inquiry presumes at all times the regularity of police operations. We are here to find ways to help law enforcement agencies fulfill their mandate more efficiently through legislative action” and “without violating any human rights or disregarding the due process of the law,” she said.</span></div>
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<b><i>INHIBIT. Senator Alan Peter Cayetano wants Senator Leila De Lima to inhibit from her own probe into the extrajudicial killings but the neophyte lawmaker refuses to do so. Photos by LeAnne Jazul/Rappler</i></b></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">MANILA, Philippines – Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, President Rodrigo Duterte’s staunchest ally in the Senate, comes to the rescue again, as he asked Senator Leila De Lima to inhibit from her own probe into extrajudicial killings under the Duterte administration.</span></div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“</em>I am thinking of drafting a letter asking Senator De Lima to inhibit herself from the hearing<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> kasi may prejudgment na siya </em>(because she already has prejudgment).<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Makikita mo sa kanya lahat ng pinatay summary killing na o extrajudicial killing na </em>(You will see that all those killed are already summary killings or extrajudicial killings),” Cayetano said on Wednesday, August 24, adding he would send the letter not later than Monday,</div>
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Cayetano called out De Lima for being “biased” in her conduct of the Senate inquiry.</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Ang question ko nga 24 senators tayo, why not allow someone who is less polluted, less biased to do the investigation? Ang sinasabi ko naman hindi dapat ang chairman biased,”</em> he told reporters.</div>
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(My question is: We are 24 senators why not allow someone who is less polluted, less biased to do the investigation? What I'm saying is the chairman should not be biased.)</div>
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De Lima is the chairperson of the Senate committee on justice and human rights, which is leading the investigation into the spate of drug-related killings in the country. She also filed the resolution that prompted the inquiry.</div>
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“You can inhibit anytime, I just want to bring it to her attention that she has two options – <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">maging fair sa hearing or mag-inhibit </em>(be fair in the hearings or inhibit)<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</em>” he said.</div>
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Cayetano also accused De Lima and Commission on Human Rights Chairman Jose Luis Martin Gascon of “destroying” the country’s image in the international community, with their loose usage of the term "extrajudicial killings." </div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Imbis na tumutulong si Senator De Lima at Chairman Gascon sa image ng bansa, sila ang sumisira sa image ng ating bansa. Kasama sa paglilinis ng pulis ng ating Pangulo ang ikulong ang pulis na 'di sumusunod sa batas,”</em> he claimed.</div>
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(Instead of Senator De Lima and Chairman Gascon helping the country's image, they are destroying it. The President's cleansing of the police ranks include jailing those who violate the law.)</div>
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Cayetano said De Lima and Gascon are making it appear that the deaths are “state-sponsored” – which he strongly denied.</div>
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“It’s different between naming it a murder/homicide from naming it summary killing and extrajudicial killing. What's the difference? The difference is, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">abroad 'di ba sini-stir up 'yung community to make it appear that guilty of international crime ang Pangulo</em> (The difference is the international community is being stirred up to make it appear that the President is guilty of an international crime),” he added.</div>
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Duterte, as early as the 2016 campaign period, said his anti-drug campaign would be “bloody.”</div>
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De Lima, however, remained unfazed and said she’d rather that the people judge her objectivity in the conduct of the hearing.</div>
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“Why should I? I’m not going to base that on the opinion of someone who has evidently been the defender and the apologist of the President in the Senate,” De Lima told reporters.</div>
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She denied being biased, as she maintained the Senate probe is not a legal court but only a fact-finding investigation.</div>
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“This is not a court of law. This is a fact-finding inquiry. So what bias is he talking about? I'm just trying to determine facts through witnesses," she said.</div>
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De Lima said between the two of them, the one who is clearly biased is Cayetano.</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Sino ba biased sa amin? Siya nga very biased in favor of the administration and extrajudicial killings from day one of the hearing. And besides, klarado naman 'yan. He's a lawyer. He knows that, that inhibition is addressed to the personal discretion of the person being sought to inhibit,” </em>she said.</div>
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(Who's biased between the two of us? He's the one very biased in favor of the administration and extrajudicial killings from day one of the hearing. Besides, it's clear. He's a lawyer. He knows that, that inhibition is addressed to the personal discretion of the person being sought to inhibit.)</div>
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DEATHS. PNP chief Ronald Dela Rosa appears on the second day of the Senate probe into the spate of extrajudicial killings in the country, August 23, 2016. Photo by LeAnne Jazul/Rappler</div>
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MANILA, Philippines – <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Sigurado meron pang madadagdag bukas (</em>There would surely be more tomorrow), your honor."<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></em></div>
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This was what Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said on Tuesday, August 23, during the Senate’s second hearing on the spate of extrajudicial killings during the Duterte administration.</div>
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Senate President Pro-Tempore Franklin Drilon took the chance to question Dela Rosa on the statistics of deaths since July 1, when the new administration took over, and until Tuesday.</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Sa kabuuan po 1,779 ang namatay kahapon, ngayon po 1,916. Ang ibig po bang sabihin sa nakalipas na 24 hours, 137 ang namatay</em>(In sum, 1779 were killed as of yesterday, now it is at 1,916. Does this mean that in the last 24 hours, 137 were killed)?" Drilon asked.</div>
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At the first hearing on Monday, the PNP reported 712 drug-related deaths due to police operations and 1,067 deaths under investigations.</div>
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But the following day, the PNP reported an increase in deaths – 756 deaths due to police operations and 1,160 deaths outside police operations or deaths under investigation.</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Nag-a-update po kami. May bago pong discovery </em>(We are updating [the figures]. There were new discoveries)<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">,"</em> Dela Rosa said, adding there were suspects killed while Monday’s hearing was ongoing.</div>
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The police chief also remarked: "<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mas ma-alarm po kayo, your honor, kung pinababa po namin – 'yung patay kahapon ngayon buhay or baliktad po, 'yung buhay po kahapon ngayon namatay. So nadagdagan po because of aggressive police operations."</em></div>
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(Be more worried, your honor, if we brought down [the number] – those reported dead yesterday are alive today or in reverse, those alive yesterday are dead today. The figures increased because of aggressive police operations.)</div>
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Drilon, seemingly surprised with the response, further asked, "So the 712 total deaths reported yesterday [due to police operations] were still not enough?"</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Kulang 'yon, your honor. While I was presenting, merong namamatay so nadadagdagan po ngayon </em>(It's incomplete, your honor. While I was presenting yesterday, more died)<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">,"</em> he said.</div>
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To which Drilon replied in apparent disbelief, "<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bukas po puwede madagdagan ulit </em>(Is it possible there would be more tomorrow)?"</div>
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Dela Rosa quickly responded, "<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sigurado, your honor, meron madadagdag bukas </em>(For sure, your honor, there would be more tomorrow)<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">."</em></div>
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Drilon, at this point, could not hide his reaction and sarcastically asked Senator Leila De Lima – chairperson of the Senate committee on justice – to stop the proceedings as it might only increase the killings.</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Siguro, Madame chairman, 'wag na tayo mag-hearing baka nadadagdagan ang namatay every time we're here </em>(Perhaps, Madame chairman, let's not conduct the hearing because the number of those killed may increase every time we're here)<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">,"</em> Drilon said.</div>
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Dela Rosa's face visibly changed with Drilon’s remark but the PNP chief did not respond.</div>
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Senator Joel Villanueva, who was next in line to ask questions, told Dela Rosa not to worry as he supports their initiative.</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Minsan nakakapikon minsan gumagawa ka ng tama may mga isa o dalawang balita na naghahamper sa inyong ma-accomplish</em>(Sometimes, it's irritating that you're doing something right then there are one or two reports hampering what you want to accomplish)<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">,"</em> Villanueva said.</div>
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MANILA, Philippines – The Senate may have started its probe into the spate of drug-related killings but the two heads of the committees handling it have expressed opposing views on the need for a congressional inquiry.</div>
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Senator Leila De Lima, chairperson of the primary committee – justice and human rights – reiterated the need for the Senate to determine the abuses committed by both law enforcers and vigilante groups.</div>
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But Senator Panfilo Lacson, chairman of the secondary committe – public order and dangerous drugs – reiterated his "misgivings" on the Senate inquiry.</div>
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In her opening speech, De Lima maintained that the inquiry is in aid of legislation, contrary to accusations.</div>
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"I strongly believe: Extrajudicial or extralegal killings, whether perpetrated by the State or by non-state actors, must stop. Blatant disregard for human life has to stop," De Lima said.</div>
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"It is for these reasons that we hold this Senate inquiry in aid of legislation to address the rampant summary executions of alleged drug suspects," she added.</div>
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More than the growing tally of killings, De Lima, former chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights, said she is more bothered by how law enforcers and vigilante groups use the anti-drug campaign as an "excuse to commit murder with impunity."</div>
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Citing different statistics of news agencies, De Lima said the probe also aims to determine the real number of people killed.</div>
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"How do we account for these differences? Why are these killings in such magnitude? What provides for the seeming continued impunity of those behind vigilantism and summary executions?" De Lima said.</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Buhay po ng tao ang pinag-uusapan dito, hindi lang basta numero. Sa bawat natagpuang bangkay sa kalsada, may nawalan ng kapatid, magulang, at asawa, may naulilang pamilya, may gumuhong kinabukasan at pag-asa,"</em> she said.</div>
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(We're talking about lives here, not just statistics. With every body found on the street, someone has lost a sibling, parent, or spouse, a family has been left behind, someone's hopes and dreams came crashing down.)</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; margin-top: 50px;">Reservations</span></div>
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A former chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Lacson said he knows the struggles of policemen in fighting illegal drugs.</div>
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"I would like to stress, having come from the ranks of the police, I know and understand their psyche, I know their frustration over a fraud judicial system, unsympathetic and sometimes corrupt prosecutors," Lacson said.</div>
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In expressing his reservations, Lacson took the opportunity to cite his reasons in front of De Lima herself.</div>
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"I have openly and consistently manifested my misgivings to allow this inquiry to proceeed and for good reasons," he said.</div>
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The congressional inquiry, he said, might affect the government's drive against illegal drugs.</div>
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He explained the momentum gained by the PNP in such a short period of time must not be "deterred" by the Senate probe.</div>
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"Frankly I have never seen anything on a scale of the current anti-illegal drugs campaign under this administration," Lacson said.</div>
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He added that the police risk their lives but with no assurance of good results.</div>
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"As I have spent half of my life in enforcement, like them, I am not sure how many times I could have been... killed during police operations that I have participated in, number of times I could have landed in jail while performing my duties," he said.</div>
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Reliving his experience as former PNP chief, Lacson said congressional inquiries are "anything but pleasant."</div>
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"<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Never ako nakaramdam ng good vibes noon </em>(I never felt good vibes back then). I just hope our resource persons, members of the police force, are not talking to themselves now, cursing us legislators the way I did then," he said.</div>
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Lacson earlier urged President Rodrigo Duterte to encourage the PNP to face the Senate probe.</div>
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After Lacson's speech, De Lima was quick to point out that she would respect all resource persons and witnesses.</div>
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"I assure everyone this proceeding will be conducted in the most professional manner. We will accord all our resource persons, including witnesses, respect and courtesy. That is what precisely is provided in our rules," De Lima said. </div>
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