Malacaang on Friday said Philippine authorities must be given the chance to investigate the killings of nine activists over the weekend and promised that those found to have violated the law would be punished.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the Duterte administration would not tolerate impunity and the Department of Justice had ordered a deeper probe of the killings last Sunday in the provinces of Cavite, Rizal and Batangas.
“Impunity has no place in the Duterte administration and whoever violated the law would be held responsible and punished under the law,” Roque said in a press briefing.
Roque was reacting to a statement by a spokesperson for the Off…
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