Alan Cayetano rekindles argument on definition of extrajudicial killing

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A relative of a victim of an extra-judicial killing attends a memorial mass ahead of All Soul's Day to remember loved ones slain in the government's war on drugs, at the Commission on Human Rights in Manila on Oct. 29, 2021.

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MANILA, Philippines — Sens. Risa Hontiveros and Alan Peter Cayetano exchanged words Wednesday morning after the latter raised the issue of human rights in the Philippines and parrotted old narratives that the Duterte administration is supposedly victimized by the global rights community. 

 

At the Commission on Appointments' committee meeting on appointments to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Cayetano — recently elected minority floor leader of the Commission on Appointments — accused detained former Sen.Leila de Lima of changing the definition of extrajudicial killings to minimize the human rights situation during the Aquino administration. 

 

The exchange was a rehash of points Cayetano raised in the Senate in the early days of the Duterte administration.

 

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