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Former president Rodrigo Duterte will not attend the House investigation into the killings of thousands of drug suspects in police operations during his administration, his former spokesperson Harry Roque said.“As guaranteed by our Bill of Rights, Congress cannot compel former President Duterte to be a witness against himself,” Roque said.The House committee on human rights has invited Duterte as well as his former police chief, Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, to the ongoing inquiry.
In addition, Roque said that every person who gives evidence, whether voluntary or under compulsion of subpoena, in any civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding, should be accorded the same constitutional right against self incrimination.“Any witness, whether he is a party or not, has the right to refuse to answer questions that may incriminate him for some crime,” Roque said.
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