THE PHILIPPINE National Police questioned the basis of the report of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) on supposed human rights violations perpetrated in the course of the country's anti-illegal drugs campaign.
“I don't know from what facts they (United Nations) based 'yung ginawa (nilang report). Kami, meron kami black and white to support our stand and we (have always) observed always human rights and the (rules) of operation of the PNP since 2016. The Bill of Rights is just right there, which the PNP observed,” said PNP chief, Gen. Archie Gamboa.
Gamboa said the international body's accusation against the government has always been the same.
“(The) allegations of United Nations, well, ganun naman palagi sila. They always accuse the PNP, they always accuse the Philippine government and maraming human rights violations but mind them, we have (investigated) all the operations that we have conducted and all those anomalies in the campaign, we follow procedures in dealing with them,” he said.
He also assured that the police are following procedures in anti-illegal drug operations and all those who commit violations would be punished.
Malacañang earlier refused to heed several recommendations of the OHCHR to improve the human rights situation in the Philippines, saying these are grounded on “faulty conclusions”.
The OHCHR, in its report on the situation of human rights in the Philippines, took note of alleged widespread and systematic killings, the arbitrary deprivation of liberty, and violations of the right to health of drug offenders.
The report also focused on the “worrying new laws and amendments” to strengthen public order and counter-terrorism, “which risk eroding constitutional and other legal protections”. (Christopher Lloyd Caliwan. With a report from the Mindanao Examiner.)
“I don't know from what facts they (United Nations) based 'yung ginawa (nilang report). Kami, meron kami black and white to support our stand and we (have always) observed always human rights and the (rules) of operation of the PNP since 2016. The Bill of Rights is just right there, which the PNP observed,” said PNP chief, Gen. Archie Gamboa.
Gamboa said the international body's accusation against the government has always been the same.
“(The) allegations of United Nations, well, ganun naman palagi sila. They always accuse the PNP, they always accuse the Philippine government and maraming human rights violations but mind them, we have (investigated) all the operations that we have conducted and all those anomalies in the campaign, we follow procedures in dealing with them,” he said.
He also assured that the police are following procedures in anti-illegal drug operations and all those who commit violations would be punished.
Malacañang earlier refused to heed several recommendations of the OHCHR to improve the human rights situation in the Philippines, saying these are grounded on “faulty conclusions”.
The OHCHR, in its report on the situation of human rights in the Philippines, took note of alleged widespread and systematic killings, the arbitrary deprivation of liberty, and violations of the right to health of drug offenders.
The report also focused on the “worrying new laws and amendments” to strengthen public order and counter-terrorism, “which risk eroding constitutional and other legal protections”. (Christopher Lloyd Caliwan. With a report from the Mindanao Examiner.)
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