MANILA, Philippines — If policemen involved in the supposed rescue operation of lumad students in a Talamban, Cebu City university would not cooperate in congressional investigations on the incident, they might be cited in contempt and locked up.
This was the warning of House Deputy Speaker and 1-Pacman Rep. Mikee Romero during a press conference Thursday with members of the Makabayan bloc.
“Susubukan naman natin ‘pag hindi nagsasabi ng totoo itong mga police operatives na ito, sila naman ang ikukulong natin dito sa Batasan,” he said.
(This time we’ll try that if these police operatives won’t tell the truth, they will be the ones to be locked up here in the House.)
“We can …
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