READ: Look into extrajudicial killings under Duterte, Congress pressedADVERTISEMENT“The House of Representatives cannot call Senator De Lima to a committee hearing because we are barred by that interchamber courtesy rule,” Lagman said. READ: House leaders urge probe of drugs at Bilibid during De Lima termAppropriations chair Davao city Rep. Karlo Nograles, a known Duterte ally, said the probe seeks to find out the “command responsibility” of De Lima. READ: Duterte House allies turn tables on De Lima, eye probeAlvarez authored House Resolution 105 which pushed for investigation into the drug problem at the national penitentiary, where makeshift “shabu” laboratories were set up and drug lords lived in luxury, while De Lima was justice secretary. Nograles said the House may also invite De Lima’s former driver Ronnie Dayan, who Duterte alleged was De Lima’s lover who collected drug payoffs for her from the Bilibid. RAM/rgaREAD: Alvarez calls for House probe on De Lima over drug problem

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 23, 2016 06:04 UTC