Senator Antonio Trillanes IV calls out President Duterte.
And the Senator did not let this past to slam the President
in his pet project-his drug war.This was brought about by the exoneration of
the Department of Justice (DOJ) panel of drug lords Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Lim
and 20 others of charges related to the narcotics trade due to lack of evidence
.
"Our law enforcement agencies shall gather more
concrete and competent evidence proving that respondents and other individuals
are indeed involved in illegal drug activities," the DOJ resolution read.
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Opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (photo credit to ABS-CBN) |
Trillanes alleges that the exoneration of “known drug lords”
is but another proof that President Duterte’s drug war was “fake”.
“The DOJ’s exoneration of these known drug
lords is yet another proof that what Duterte unleashed upon us is a fake drug
war,” Trillanes said in a statement.
“Kapag mahirap, walang tanong-tanong,
patay agad. Kapag drug lords at kumpare pa ni Duterte, may due process na,
abswelto pa sa kaso,” he added.
Peter Lim was a suspected drug lord in
Central Visayas that was tagged by the President, while Kerwin Espinosa and the
others were identified to be among the leaders of the massive network of drug
trade in Central and Eastern Visayas
Self confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and
alleged drug triad big boss Peter Lim who happens to be President Duterte’s wedding co-sponsor (kumpadre) were absolved by
a DOJ panel of investigators due to alleged weak evidence presented by the Criminal
Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the “inconsistencies” in the
testimony of its lone witness, Marcelo Adorco, who was also cleared of the
charges.
Other respondents that were cleared by the DOJ
panel include Peter Co, Marcelo Adorco, Max Miro, Lovely Impal, Ruel
Malindangan, Jun Pepito, Jermy Amang and several others identified only by
their aliases.
The resolution was issued on Dec. 20, 2017
but was only discovered by media early this week. *
A case was filed by the Criminal
Investigation and Detection Group ( CIDG) against the respondents in August
2017 for their alleged conspiracy to commit “sale, trading,
administration, dispensation, delivery, distribution and transportation of
dangerous drugs and/or controlled precursors and essential chemicals.”
Kapag kay Sen. (Leila) De lima, na kalaban sa pulitika,
kahit nagka buhol-buhol na ang mga scripted na testimonya, sampa agad sa korte
para makulong. Mr. Duterte, pinaglololoko mo ang taong bayan,” the opposition
senator said.
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