Former President Rodrigo Duterte says he takes full legal responsibility for police actions during his war on drugs, saying he acted for the good of the country without apologies.
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00:00Former President Rodrigo Duterte says he takes full legal responsibility for police actions
00:05during his war on drugs, saying he acted for the good of the country without apologies.
00:10I, and I alone, take full legal responsibility for everything the police have done pursuant
00:23to my order.
00:24I am responsible and I am the one who will be jailed.
00:29Retired Police Colonel Royina Garma said in the House Quad Committee hearing last week
00:34the Davao Template was used in the national campaign against illegal drugs.
00:38The Davao Template refers to an alleged system of rewards for police to kill.
00:42Taking the lead of Senator Bato de la Rosa, police generals who served under the Duterte
00:46administration deny the existence of a policy of killing.
00:50Duterte also says police killings were only made in self-defense.
00:52Do they get paid when they kill someone?
00:56No.
00:57No?
00:58No.