Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. has dared Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa to appear before the House quad-committe (quad-comm) if he has something to say about the special joint panel.
READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/21/abante-to-dela-rosa-tell-us-directly-about-your-quad-comm-comments
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READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/21/abante-to-dela-rosa-tell-us-directly-about-your-quad-comm-comments
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00:00So again we gather here in what? In pursuit of truth, justice, and accountability.
00:14Kung meron man dito nagsasabi na we're gathered here because of politics, gusto namin humarap siya rito para sabihin sa amin directly.
00:26May mga taong pinapasalamatan ang dating administration sa war on drugs.
00:33Kine-question kami kung mas maganda ba na ang Pilipinas ay mahulog sa droga kaysa labanan ng droga.
00:46Sinabi namin, inulit-ulit namin dito, sinuportahan namin ang dating administration sa war on drugs.
00:54Binanggit ko sa ating former president ang hindi ko lang maintindihan kung bakit kinakailangan pumatay ng more than 30,000 people para mawala ang drugs.
01:11Ang question dito ay ito, nawala ba? Hindi nawala ang drugs.
01:18Ganun pa rin, ang inaakala po namin dito ay baka naman tinanggal natin ang competition para ang maiwan na lamang sa drug trade ay yung mga nasa kapangyarihan.
01:36Yan ang nais kong sabihin. Ayaw po natin mahulog ang bansa sa droga. Ayaw po natin yan.
01:44Pero ayaw din natin na ang buong Pilipinas maging killing fields na pumatay tayo na hindi sinusunod ang ating saligang batas.
01:56Ang ating senador Boto de la Rosa, nung tinanong siya, ayaw naman niya humaharap sa amin. Pinapaharap namin para maging malino lahat ang bagay.
02:07Anong ginagawa niya? Nagupunta sa media kung ano-anong pinagasabi niya. Sinisipan niya ang mga kapulisan na alam nila ang batas.
02:19Hindi nila dapat sundin ang nakaka-taas sa kanila kung naniniwala sila na hindi ito ayon sa batas. Pero sinunod eh.
02:30Hindi ba? No. Yet kahit napusagan niya mga bagay, mga kuwabayan, I am not without hope. Oo.
02:44The QUADCOM was not convened to chase imaginary shadows. We are here because lives have been lost.
02:56Because families have been torn apart. Because organized crime operating under the guise of legal businesses has found protection in our own institutions.
03:12Because a few law enforcers, hindi namin nila lahat, a few law enforcers have chosen to become instruments of terror instead of being ministers of justice.