CHR ukol sa drug war report “No malice, we did our mandate”

PINANINDIGAN ng Commission on Human Rights (CHR) ang report nito na mayroong paggamit ng “excessive force” laban sa drug suspects at maraming biktima ang di umano’y tumanggi ang nauwi sa pagkamatay na karamihan ay mula sa marginalized communities.

“Contrary to remarks that seek to put malice in the crucial work of CHR, our guide has always been the mandate bestowed unto us by the 1987 Constitution and the plight of the vulnerable people we serve,” ayon kay CHR executive director, Atty. Jacqueline de Guia.

Sinabi ng komisyon na ito’y “consistently endeavored” na maging “collaborative and non-adversarial in the defense of human rights.”

“In line with our mandate, we provide recommendations and advice to the government for the improvement of the human rights situation and to address human rights violations with the interest of the people in mind, particularly the most vulnerable ones,” ayon kay De Guia.

Ipinalabas naman ng CHR kamakailan ang “Final Report on Investigated Killings in Relation to the Anti-Illegal Drug Campaign,” na nakumpleto ng Extrajudicial Killings Task Force sa pangunguna ni dating commissioner Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana.

Sinabi ni De Guia na ang tatlong final na nagpalakas ng findings na “there is a consistent narrative by law enforcers alleging victims initiated aggression or resisted arrest; that there is use of excessive and disproportionate force; that targeted victims were mostly civilians killed in uninhabited locations sustaining gunshot wounds in the heads and/or torso; that there is non-cooperation by the police; and that there is a lack of effective, prompt, and transparent accountability mechanism to address the drug-related killings.” (Daris Jose)