Published February 27, 2021, 4:55 PM
The Senate will push through with its scheduled hearing concerning the shootout between members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), but Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Saturday that they will not directly investigate the incident.
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Sotto clarified that the legislative inquiry set by the Senate Public Order and Dangerous Drugs on Tuesday, March 2, does not intend to delve into what transpired in the recent “misencounter” between the PNP and the PDEA, but on his proposal to create a single anti-drug enforcement agency.
“Hindi naman directly imbestigasyon ang sa amin (Ours will not be a direct investigation),” he said in an interview with over radio DWIZ.