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BY Prince Golez, Manila Reporter
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MANILA – The United Nations (UN) has been pressed to also probe the reported killings in President Barack Obama’s home city of Chicago, USA.
As of Oct. 1, 2016, over 540 people have been murdered in Chicago, said Sen. Richard Gordon, chief of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights investigating the alleged extrajudicial killings of drug suspects in the Philippines.
“One dead is one dead—too many, sobra, kailangang imbestigahin. Let him who is without sin cast the first stone. Hindi naman tama iyon,” Gordon said, who replaced Sen. Leila de Lima as panel chairman.
She was earlier accused of being biased against President Rodrigo Duterte and “destroying the integrity and reputation” of the Senate.
Gordon added that Chicago’s high homicide rate has made the city become the “crime capital” or the “murder capital” of the United States.
“Bakit hindi ginugulpi ng UN iyan? Bakit hindi ginugulpi na andaming namamatay, presidente pa ng Amerika iyan, dito, presidente ng Pilipinas taga-Davao, bakit ginugulpi naman ang buong Pilipinas?” the lawmaker asked.
Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on summary executions, has expressed interest in investigating the series of killings rooted on the new government’s war against illegal drugs.
The Philippine National Police said about 3,000 drug suspects and other suspected criminals have been killed by police and unknown attackers since July 1.
Callamard and the Philippine government have yet to discuss with the specifics of her investigation and other “essential guarantees” such as her “freedom of movement… and inquiry” and the safety of those who cooperate with her./PN
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