Up to DOJ if it'd share PNP drug war records to others, says Eleazar
It will be up to the Department of Justice (DOJ) if it would share with other departments the Philippine National Police's (PNP) records of drug war deaths, PNP chief Police General Guillermo Eleazar said Thursday.
In a move lauded by human rights groups, the PNP recently granted the DOJ access to the records of drug war deaths as part of an inter-agency panel review of the Duterte administration's controversial campaign.
"Pinapaubaya namin sa DOJ kung papaano iha-handle ito dahil sila 'yung magre-review ng case. I would like to clarify that na 'yun ang stand ng PNP," he added.
(We're leaving it to the DOJ on how it would handle the documents because they're the ones that are going to review it. I would like to clarify that this is the stand of the PNP.)
Eleazar said they granted the DOJ access to the documents in accordance with President Rodrigo Duterte's directive to the PNP to cooperate with the investigation into deaths linked to the government's war on drugs.
"Well, we leave it up to the DOJ kung i-share nila… dahil sa guidance ng ating Presidente so andoon ang aming full cooperate sa DOJ. For now, it’s DOJ na ipo-provide namin ‘yung mga documents na ito,” Eleazar said.
(Well, we leave it up to the DOJ if they want to share it… because of the guidance of the president, our full cooperation lies with the DOJ. For now, we will provide the documents to the DOJ.)
Though not part of the review Commission on Human Rights lauded the PNP's move as "a step towards the right direction."
Eleazar said the PNP will have no complaints if the DOJ decided to share the drug records.
"Tayo naman, napakaganda na nag-usap kami ng DOJ so hayaan na itong magandang development, makapag-imbestiga, makapag-review ng maayos ang DOJ. And regarding to that, this is shared information to DOJ already," he said.
(For me, it's really good that we talked with the DOJ, so we're going to let them investigate and review. And regarding that, this is shared information to the DOJ already.) --KBK, GMA News