Tag: Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights

Senate will not re-open investigation on extra-judicial killings

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Senate has no plans to re-open its investigation on extra-judicial killings even if other witnesses reveal themselves during the investigation of the representatives from the  United Nations. According to Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights Chairman Senator Richard Gordon, the investigation proved that the government is not behind the killings but drug lords and drug syndicates to ensure that no one will testify against them.

Trillanes accuses fellow senators of being hard on Matobato

QUEZON City, Philippines – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV accused his colleagues at the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights of allegedly taking advantage of the language barrier to discredit Edgar Matobato during the latter’s testimony in the Senate committee’s hearing on extra-judicial killings. Trillanes claimed that although there were inconsistencies in Matobato’s testimony, the witness was still consistent with his story on the extrajudicial killings.

The Senate makes a smart move

QUEZON City, Philippines (September 21) – Sen. Leila De Lima has been replaced by Sen. Richard “Dick” Gordon as the chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights. The motion was moved by Sen. Manny Pacquio yesterday following the privilege speech of Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano regarding how De Lima is destroying the country by leading the investigation on extrajudicial killings which is directly linking President Duterte’s war on drugs. The motion garnered […]