“The law hasn’t become a weapon of the police, and instead has become a weapon of the terrorists against the police,” he said.ĭela Rosa said the police should be granted leniency in detaining suspected terrorists, similar to powers that law enforcers in other countries have. “Hopefully, we can legislate some improvements in the law to avoid these kinds of incidents,” he said.ĭela Rosa added that he wanted to amend laws that had “antipolice” provisions, particularly the antiterrorism Human Security Act, which directs the police or other law enforcers to pay P500,000 per day of incarceration to a suspect who is acquitted of terrorism. He acknowledged that some policemen were engaged in deliberate killings but they were now facing cases.ĭela Rosa, who will likely chair the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs, said he would study whether there was a need to amend the PNP rules of engagement.

In this case, however, a police officer also died and it was obvious that he did not kill himself, he added. Cabigao did not survive and the girl died the following day.ĭela Rosa said it was usual for relatives of slain suspects to claim that no shootout took place. Evangelista said the policemen took the wounded child and Cabigao to the hospital in Rizal. A police photo of the slain Ulpina showed him nearly naked, wearing only a dark underwear, and sprawled on his back with a pistol close to his left hand. He said Ulpina’s daughter was hit as he was fleeing. “As he ran away, he picked up and carried his child,” Evangelista said. Lou Evangelista, Rizal police chief, said Ulpina tried to escape during the gunfight. Quoting accounts of officers involved in the operation, Police Col. Kahilig, of Barangay Commonwealth, Quezon City, were members of the Raga Group, a syndicate involved in drugs, car theft and contract killing. Police claimed that Renato Ulpina, the primary target of the buy-bust operation, and the other suspect, Enrique E. Gaoiran said investigators would determine who shot the child.

Chitadel Gaoiran, said the order was issued due to “controversies” surrounding the operation and claims by the child’s mother that they were sleeping when the police barged into their house in Barangay San Jose around 6 a.m. Bato to Mayor Inday Sara,” Cusi said.The Calabarzon regional police office on Thursday ordered the relief of the entire 14-member drug enforcement team of the Rodriguez police and six provincial police intelligence officers “to give way to an impartial investigation” of the June 29 antidrug operation. “That is just a personal statement or personal offer of Sen.

Political parties are still allowed to substitute a member who filed a certificate of candidacy (COC) with another member until November 15, under the present rules of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).īut Duterte-Carpio had earlier said she is bent on finishing her third term as mayor.Įnergy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, president of the PDP-Laban faction that is pushing for Dela Rosa’s presidential bid had earlier denied that Dela Rosa’s substitution offer to Sara Duterte is a “party position.” “We need another six years of another iron-fisted Duterte brand of leadership to hopefully transform this country closer to the Singaporian model,” said the senator. Six years of Duterte presidency is not enough to reform this country,” he said.

“My personal interest can take a backseat in favor of the most winnable candidate who can surely provide continuity to the Duterte legacy. I saw the burning patriotism in her eyes while we were talking,” Dela Rosa said.ĭela Rosa, the standard bearer of one faction of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) has repeatedly said he is willing to abandon his presidential bid should the Davao ciity mayor decide to run for president under the ruling political party’s banner.Īs far as he is concerned, the former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief said Duterte-Carpio is the “most winnable among the presidential bets” according to surveys. Presidential aspirant Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said he is not losing hope that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will change her mind and run for the presidency in the upcoming May 2022 elections.ĭela Rosa said the last time he met with President Duterte’s daughter, he can see the “burning patriotism” in her eyes and believes there is a chance she could still run for president.

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