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Leonardo says he believes in Garma’s two affidavits, which discuss concerning the existence of the Davao Dying Squad and a money reward scheme for drug warfare killings
MANILA, Philippines – Retired police colonel Edilberto Leonardo confirmed on Tuesday, October 22, a scheme that provided money incentives in change for killings below the warfare on medication of former president Rodrigo Duterte.
“Do you consider that there’s a reward system?” Home human rights panel chairman Bienvenido Abante requested Leonardo through the ninth public listening to of the quad committee.
“Sure, Mr. Chair,” Leonardo replied, though he later stated he has no private expertise, and that his reply was primarily based on tales he heard from colleagues within the police drive.
Reired police colonel Royina Garma, in her affidavit learn out loud to the Home quad committee on October 11, claimed that Duterte known as her after successful the presidential election in Could 2016, telling her that he “wanted somebody able to implementing the warfare on medication on a nationwide scale, replicating the Davao mannequin.”
The Davao mannequin refers to a system of cost which rewarded drug warfare actors for profitable killings, funded deliberate operations, and refunded operational bills.
Garma claimed that Leonardo was subsequently tapped to coordinate with cops in implementing the operation and processing rewards.
Throughout Tuesday’s quad committee listening to, Garma stated even she acquired P20,000 at one time for intercepting a suspect concerned in an Akyat Bahay (theft) scheme who later died within the hospital from his gunshot wound.
Her second affidavit additionally confirmed the existence of the Davao Dying Squad.
“Though I didn’t know the identities of those groups, a tradition of silence prevailed amongst cops in Davao concerning such matter,” she stated.
Leonardo later corroborated Garma’s affidavits.
“In these two affidavits of Colonel Garma that you just learn and listened to, do you consider them?” Abante requested.
“Sure, Mr Chair,” Leonardo stated.
Leonardo, nonetheless, clarified that the plan to create a job drive that will replicate the Davao mannequin nationwide didn’t push by, because it was changed by Oplan Double Barrel, which operationalized the drug warfare.
He additionally stated he was not the “pay grasp” of the reward scheme.
He additionally answered within the affirmative when requested if he was assigned to steer the Legal Investigation and Detection Group of Davao Area to validate drug war-related info for Senator Bong Go, who immediately studies to Duterte. – Rappler.com
