HOUSE PROBE SA PDEA-QC COPS MISENCOUNTER IPINAGPALIBAN

BUNSOD ng ipinalabas na direktiba ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na ang National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) ang magsisiyasat sa madugong barilan sa pagitan ng mga tauhan ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) at Quezon City Police District (QCPD), nagpasya ang House Committee on Dangerous Drugs na ipagpaliban ang naunang itinakda nito na sariling imbestigasyon kaugnay ng naturang insidente.

Sa viber message na ipinadala ni Surigao del Norte 2nd Dist. Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, chairman ng nasabing komite sa mga  House accredited media, sinabi nito na ang kanilang hearing/investigation in aid of legislation sa itinuturing na misencounter na dalawang panig ng anti-illegal drugs operatives, na dapat ay sisimulan sa araw ng Lunes, Marso 1, 2021 ay ‘temporarily suspended’.

“Please be advised that in light of Pres DU30’s (Duterte’s) instruction to the NBI to conduct an impartial investigation on the PNP and PDEA incident, our scheduled Committee hearing/investigation in aid of legislation on Monday, March 1, 2021, is temporarily suspended as a courtesy to and in order not to hinder the ongoing investigation…will keep you all posted on the devts (developments).” Ang siyang kabuuan ng mensahe na ipinaabot ni Barbers sa mga mamamahayag sa Kamara.

Magugunita na makaraang maganap ang pagpapalitan ng putok ng mga PDEA agent at QCPD personnel sa parking area ng Mc Donald’s branch sa Ever Gotesco Commonwealth avenue, Quezon City noong Miyerkoles ay agad ipinabatid ng House panel chairman ang kahandaan ng kanyang komite na magsagawa ng legislative inquiry sa itinuturing niyang “very unfortunate incident.”

“Both police and PDEA claim their respective anti-drug operations in Ever Gotesco yesterday are legitimate. If this is so, there could be no firefight because there should be coordination between them as required under sec 86 of RA 9165 before any legitimate anti-drug operation can be carried out.  Under this section, the police should properly coordinate with PDEA but it appears that the police did not,” mariing sabi pa ni Barbers.

“Per news report, the police allegedly conducted a “buy bust” operation, which means they are going to buy drugs from the seller who allegedly turned out to be PDEA agents.  If the news reports are to be believed, PDEA seems engaged in or conducting a “sell bust”. If this is so, PDEA’s sell bust operation is not legal because it borders on the illegal act of instigation and drug selling or trafficking.  If PDEA adopts “sell bust” as its policy, then it would appear that this organization is like a drug syndicate for practicing and allowing drug trafficking. Therefore, both claims of the police and PDEA that their anti-drug operations last night are legitimate  are both highly questionable”, dagdag ng Surigao del Norte lawmaker. ROMER R. BUTUYAN

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