“I have not yet signed the executive order but I am inclined to call back the police and (make them) join again the drug war,” the President said. Callamard had earned Duterte’s ire after saying his bloody drug war should be investigated due to reports of state-sanctioned killings of drug suspects. According to police statistics, some 3,906 drug personalities had been killed and 113,932 arrested in the government’s war on drugs. Senators on Friday said it was the President’s prerogative to bring the PNP back into the drug war. Protection and respect for human rights should be upheld at all times.

Source: The Standard November 24, 2017 18:22 UTC