Sen. Dela Rosa admits human rights violations committed during 'war on drugs' implementation but says gov’t did not order them

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00:00Just by the numbers alone, one cannot deduce or infer of no human rights violations in

00:06the official death toll of 6,200 as a result of former President Duterte's war on illegal

00:13drugs.

00:14Hence, former PNP chief and incumbent Senator Ronald Bato de la Rosa's admission of human

00:19rights violations that clearly prevailed in the hundreds, if not thousands, of deaths

00:24of victims, many of them innocent, of former President Duterte's failed war on illegal

00:30drugs.

00:31Still, the nation's former top cop pushed back on a trigger-happy and more cavalier

00:35police conduct, on narcotics operations that ended in a bloody mess, and a body count of

00:42small-time pushers and part-time users even more.

00:45And strangely, though, Senator de la Rosa said his decision not to attend or honor a

00:51Senate probe on the war on illegal drugs of his former boss would only change if the

00:55former President agrees to testify.

00:58De la Rosa and Duterte have been adamant on keeping the International Criminal Court out

01:04of the country and away from any successfully pursuing criminal charges on the architect

01:10and leading proponent of the last administration's failed war on illegal drugs.

01:16No f****** leader will order you to violate the law.

01:22No f****** leader will order that.

01:25And no f****** police.

01:27Unless, of course, the police has their own motive in mind.

01:33It's personal.

01:34I did not say that there was no human rights violation during the war on drugs.

01:41We admit that there were cases where human rights were violated.

01:46If not, the police should not have committed these crimes.