Agarang pagtuloy ng Quad Committee Investigation, panawagan ng Makabayan Bloc sa Kamara

NANAWAGAN ang Makabayan bloc ng mga mambabatas sa Kamara sa agarang pagtuloy ng Quad Committee investigation at pagdinig ng House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability kaugnay sa sinumpaang salaysay ni Ramil Madriaga na nagdidiin kay Bise Presidente Sara Duterte sa paglustay ng mga confidential funds, illegal POGO operators at mga sindikato ng droga sa bansa.

Ayon kina ACT Teachers party list Rep. Antonio Tinio, Gabriela Women’s Party list Rep. Sarah Jane Elago at Kabataan Party-list Rep. Atty. Renee Louise Co, dapat idagdag sa isasagawang pagdinig ang mga kaso ng extrajudicial killings ng mga aktibista at human right defenders, kasabay ng isinisagawang pagdinig sa kaso ni dating pangulo Rodrigo Duterte sa International Criminal Court sa The Hague, Netherlands.

Idinetalye ni Madriaga, ang sinasabing bagman ni VP Sara, ang Oplan Double Barrel operations, ang delivery ng confidential funds at ang papel nila Col. Raymund Dante Lachica at Col. Dennis Nolasco sa security at operations ng Bise Presidente, ang POGO funding ng Sara Duterte campaign at ang importasyon ng magnetic lifters para ipuslit ang mga droga mula sa Bureau of Customs.

Sinabi rin ni Madriaga kung papaano siya nagdi-deliver ng sako-sakong pera na galing sa confidential funds na umaabot sa P80 million. Aniya, pinondohan ng POGO operators and drug dealers ang kampanya ni Duterte noong 2022.
“How can she account for claims that her campaign was funded by the very POGO operators and drug dealers her father’s administration claimed to be fighting? If Madriaga’s statements are true, this represents a betrayal of public trust of historic proportions. Beyond the Madriaga revelations, the resumption of Quad Committee hearings presents an urgent opportunity to investigate cases of political extrajudicial killings of activists, human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, and community organizers who have been systematically targeted and murdered under the Duterte administration and continuing under the current government,” pahayag ng Makabayan bloc.
“The Quad Committee hearings must investigate the role of state security forces, intelligence agencies, and paramilitary groups in these killings. Witnesses like Madriaga, who worked within security apparatuses close to the Duterte family, may have knowledge not only of corruption schemes but also of operations targeting activists and dissenters,” dagdag ng grupo.
(Vina de Guzman)