Former president Rodrigo Duterte faces a new criminal complaint, for allegedly threatening senatoriables during a public speech.
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00:00Former President Rodrigo Duterte faces a new criminal complaint for allegedly threatening senatoriables during a public speech.
00:08Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Chief Nicolas Torre III says he filed complaints of inciting to sedition and unlawful utterances with the Department of Justice.
00:19The complaint stems from Duterte's remarks at the PDP-Laban campaign launch on February 14, where he joked about killing 15 senators to ensure his Senate candidate's seats.
00:29Now, there are a lot of them. What should we do?
00:36Let's kill all the senators so we can have a vacation.
00:42If we can kill 15 senators, we can all go to jail.
00:50Torre argues such statements cannot be dismissed as a joke and must be taken seriously.
00:55The DOJ will now assess the complaint and will move to preliminary investigation if it finds enough evidence.
01:01Duterte is no longer immune to lawsuits since he's no longer president.
01:05Torre, a former Davao Region police chief, is the same general who led the arrest of Duterte ally and alleged trafficker Apollo Quiboloy.