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The Garma affidavit, smoking dud

COUNTERPOINT

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ROYINA Garma, retired former Philippine National Police colonel who served as chief of police in Davao City and Cebu City, and upon whose retirement was appointed by then President Rodrigo Duterte as general manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), who is now being held at the detention room of the Batasang Pambansa owing to a citation of contempt by the House quad committee which is conducting an investigation on alleged extrajudicial killings during the past administration, has executed an affidavit containing allegations — that, to the public, majority of which are not schooled in law — appears to link former President Duterte to extrajudicial killings with payments and rewards.

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