President Duterte on Friday said he was not only willing to pardon the police officers accused of murdering drug suspect and Albuera, Leyte, Mayor Rolando Espinosa, but he could even promote them afterward. But Mr. Duterte stressed that he could not abandon the law enforcers and would use his constitutional power to pardon them. ADVERTISEMENT“Because they could have really followed my orders,” President Duterte said. How many crazy people are now left unattended, whose families have been destroyed?” Mr. Duterte said. But in a speech in Oriental Mindoro on Wednesday, Mr. Duterte said police officers could skip trial and go straight to pleading guilty, and he could pardon them.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 01, 2017 16:49 UTC