Former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte To Be Invited By Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Inquiry
RODRIGO DUTERTE – Senator Bato dela Rosa confirmed that the former President will attend the Senate investigation on his drug war.
The investigation on the drug war of the Duterte administration is ongoing in the House of Representatives. The House QuadComm has formally invited former Pres. Duterte in its inquiry. Recently, the Senate also confirmed that it will also launch a parallel inquiry on the matter.
Previously, Senator Bato dela Rosa expressed a desire to launch an investigation on the Duterte drug war. According to him, he will invite the former President as one of the resource persons of the probe and he is confident that Duterte will attend the inquiry.
According to Sen. Dela Rosa, former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte is more comfortable in the Senate than in the House of Representatives. However, the statement of the Senator announcing his pursuit for a drug war probe earned negative reactions from the netizens.
Former Sen. Leila de Lima also stressed that Dela Rosa is one of the accused if he will be among those who will question in the inquiry. Another close ally of the former President, Sen. Bong Go, recently filed a Senate resolution seeking for a drug war probe.
Senate President Chiz Escudero has confirmed the investigation of the Duterte drug war in the upper chamber. It will be spearheaded by the Blue Ribbon Committee and Sen. Koko Pimentel is set to preside the inquiry.
Recently, Sen. Bato dela Rosa confirmed that former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte will attend the Senate hearing on his administration’s war on drugs. Based on a report on GMA News, the former President will attend the probe regardless of who will preside the inquiry.
“The former President told me that he is going to attend the Senate hearing regardless of who is presiding,” Senator dela Rosa said.
Based on the report, aside from former Pres. Duterte, the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will also invite retired Police Colonel Royina Garma, former National Police Commission commissioner Edilberto Leonardo, former Senator Leila de Lima, Kerwin Espinosa, and the families of drug war victims into the hearing.
Previously, Sen. Bong Go defended former Pres. Duterte recalling the claps and “standing ovation” over his admin’s drug war whenever he would mention it in his speechs for SONA.