A CONTROVERSIAL National Police officer on Wednesday confirmed the reward system for policemen involved in drug kills and alleged that funding for the operations came from intelligence funds and Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) money. In a seven-page affidavit submitted to the House Quad Committee, Col.
A CONTROVERSIAL National Police officer on Wednesday confirmed the reward system for policemen involved in drug kills and alleged that funding for the operations came from intelligence funds and Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators money.
“I confirm that there was a quota and reward system in the implementation of the war on drugs during the previous administration. I truly wanted to implement it without causing deaths. When the leadership imposed a quota of 50-100 per day, we only took it to mean that we had to knock on the doors of 50-100 households suspected of drug use or pushing,” Espenido added.
He declined at first to comment until he had seen it, but later reacted to Espenido’s misuse of the word “neutralize,” saying, partly in Filipino, that there was nothing wrong in him ordering the former to “neutralize” the drugs problem. “We have to neutralize the drug problem, right? Why, did I say anything about killing people? I didn’t say anything about killing.”
“I personally know some of the bagmen. Many PNCOs who were my classmates were murdered. They were bagmen acting at the beck and call of regional and provincial directors,” Espenido said. Responding to queries of Manila Rep. Joel Chua, Espenido said when he assumed the position of Chief of Police of Albuera town in Leyte, dela Rosa, who was the National Police chief at the time called him up and told him to dismantle the drug operations in his area of jurisdiction.
When asked by Chua to clarify if “disappear” included killing, Espenido replied, “By all means, Your Honor, exactly.” He pointed out that he himself, as Vice Chair of Senate Committee on Public Order, had said outright that he is against Pogos because they disrupt peace and order.
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