"Habang iyong mga nasa tuktok kasi dati na ngayon ay dapat sana sumasagot sa mga tanong natin ay naghahanap ng iba't ibang paraan para makaiwas. Parang nakikipagpatintero sa kanila."
Rep. Raoul Manuel gave his closing manifestation during the House QuadComm hearing on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.
He also mentioned that the investigation of the ICC complements their own effort.
Rep. Raoul Manuel gave his closing manifestation during the House QuadComm hearing on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.
He also mentioned that the investigation of the ICC complements their own effort.
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00:00So what they are waiting for are the real investigations targeting or involving the people at the top.
00:09Beginning with the former president who is clearly the mastermind as he induced the killings.
00:19And that is becoming clearer and clearer as we can see here in the Quadcom hearings.
00:30Then that is the complementarity principle.
00:33Since they haven't seen that there is a real investigation.
00:37And when they say investigation or proceedings, they are clearly referring to criminal proceedings.
00:43So this will be the result of Quadcom.
00:46Fine, I think we can be hopeful and optimistic that there will be results.
00:51But later, there will be a resolution that can also categorically identify the people at the top
01:00based on the evidence that the Quad Committee is now gathering.
01:05But later, if only up to that point,
01:09and up to that point, what the Congress will do, because the mandate of the Congress is in aid of legislation,
01:16to enact laws, it can only recommend to the other relevant agencies and offices
01:21what else should be done, including the investigation.
01:24If there is no investigation, we cannot stop the ICC.
01:31Because that is what they said.
01:34Because they are not really targeting, just low-level.
01:38And the ICC is not actually focusing on the low-level.
01:41It's not possible for them to look into each and every case of killings under a warrant drug.
01:49That's why they are there, those with the greatest responsibility.
01:56Okay, so to wrap up, Mr. Chair.
01:59This is your last question, Congressman Manuel.
02:02Yes, sir.
02:03So, just a closing manifestation, Mr. Chair, based on what we have heard.
02:09While those who were in Tuk-Tuk before, who now should be answering our questions,
02:18are looking for different ways to avoid it.
02:22It's like we are patenting them, Mr. Chair.
02:26That's why, to be honest, we should exhaust them in different ways
02:31so that justice can be served for those who were victims of extrajudicial killings.
02:37And that's part of it, Mr. Chair, while we have such investigations.
02:42Actually, the implementation of the ICC's investigation,
02:46it complements our efforts here in our country.
02:50And also, Mr. Chair, the fact that, because from Davao,
02:58they applied on a nationwide scale their approach in Davao,
03:03and they used intelligence funds there,
03:06we also observed a pattern, Mr. Chair,
03:08that from just P250 million level of intelligence funds for the Office of the President,
03:16it grew to P1.25 billion.
03:20That's why, Mr. Chair, there's a big possibility that this is also one of the sources of money
03:27to fund the Peki and Madugong War on Drugs.
03:30That's why we should also exhaust how the Duterte administration used it.
03:35That's all, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much.