House Deputy Minority leader France Castro called for a congressional inquiry into the allegations linking Vice President Sara Duterte to extrajudicial killings in the anti-drug war when she was still mayor of Davao City in 2012. Duterte denied the allegations and dared her accusers to file formal charges in connection to their allegations.
House Deputy Minority leader France Castro called for a congressional inquiry into the allegations linking Vice President Sara Duterte to extrajudicial killings in the anti-drug war when she was still mayor of Davao City in 2012. Duterte denied the allegations and dared her accusers to file formal charges in connection to their allegations. “Based on the self-proclaimed witness , I was involved in Oplan Tokhang , the Davao Death Squad , and incidents of murders or extrajudicial killings in Davao.
This is a new script,” Duterte said in a statement. “In the years that I served as Vice Mayor and Mayor of Davao City, my name was never once associated with this issue. Suddenly there was a witness against me when I was elected Vice President. Now I am one of the accused in the International Criminal Court. It is evident that my name was intentionally linked to this matter to implicate me in the ICC,” she said, noting the timing of the accusation
Congressional Inquiry Allegations Vice President Duterte Extrajudicial Killings Anti-Drug War Mayor Davao City 2012 Formal Charges Witness Oplan Tokhang Davao Death Squad Murders International Criminal Court ICC
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