Press Release
December 10, 2016

SEN. LEILA M. DE LIMA'S STATEMENT ON THE SUPPOSED INDEPENDENT HUMAN RIGHTS PROBE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The so-called "independent probe" conducted by the Department of the Interior and Local Government is an insult not only to human rights workers but also, most especially, to the Filipino people at a time when the Philippines joins the international community in the observance of Human Rights Day today.

No one can deny these daily killings, and the criminals are getting bolder and bolder each day. To say there is no massive human rights violations is like telling us we do not have a traffic problem in the country. Like the traffic problem, our people are outraged at these continued killings done in the name of government's all-out war against drugs.

It would seem that the DILG or the team that recommended "the creation of a PNP manual which should be available in every police station" is not even aware of the Revised PNP Operational Procedures promulgated in 2013. This is shocking. Our policemen should know this manual of operations by heart so that they will learn to respect the human rights and dignity of all suspected offenders during police operations at all times.

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