A witness in a Senate hearing on the extra-judicial killings in the Philippines has testified that he was a member of a death squad in the home city of President Rodrigo Duterte, and that the then-mayor himself ordered the killings of crime and drug suspects as well as the bombing of a mosque in Davao City.
Senator Leila de Lima, chairman of the Senate committee on justice and human rights, presented on Thursday witness Edgar Matobato, who also claimed that Duterte's son Paolo, now the vice mayor of Davao, had ordered the killing of a businessman in 2014.
"Our job was to kill criminals, drug pushers, petty robbers and rapists," Matobato said, adding that his group killed over 1,000 people between 1988 to 2013.
In a news briefing, Martin Andanar, a spokesman of the president, denied the allegations saying: "I don’t think he [Duterte] is capable of giving those orders."
"What De Lima and this certain Matobato say in public are bare allegations in the absence of proof. They are mere hearsay," Duterte said.
"I will not dignify with an answer the accusations of a madman."
[aljazeera.com]
15/9/16
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Senator Leila de Lima, chairman of the Senate committee on justice and human rights, presented on Thursday witness Edgar Matobato, who also claimed that Duterte's son Paolo, now the vice mayor of Davao, had ordered the killing of a businessman in 2014.
"Our job was to kill criminals, drug pushers, petty robbers and rapists," Matobato said, adding that his group killed over 1,000 people between 1988 to 2013.
In a news briefing, Martin Andanar, a spokesman of the president, denied the allegations saying: "I don’t think he [Duterte] is capable of giving those orders."
- 'Accusations of madman'
"What De Lima and this certain Matobato say in public are bare allegations in the absence of proof. They are mere hearsay," Duterte said.
"I will not dignify with an answer the accusations of a madman."
[aljazeera.com]
15/9/16
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