
(CNN Philippines) — This time, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s denial was clear and straight to the point: There is no Davao Death Squad (DDS).
“I have denied that DDS is a criminal group. There’s no such thing as a DDS. There’s only a Davao Development System — that is my guiding principle,” Duterte told reporters in a press conference Tuesday (May 26).
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As he challenged De Lima to file a case against him in court, Duterte threatened to do the same. He said that he was considering filing an administrative case against the cabinet member for negligence of duty after citing the recent raids that uncovered lax management at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City.
“I already told you once to look at your own backyard, especially Muntinlupa. By sheer, culpable neglect — you didn’t do anything. Only recently, you conducted raids,” Duterte said. “You built a Hilton Hotel right in Muntinlupa. You allowed it. I told you: ‘Look at your own backyard.’ I will make sure that you will have to account for it.”
Ultimately, Duterte described De Lima’s failure to monitor the NBP as a “criminal neglect.”
“There (NBP), inmates can come and go as they please. They even produce drugs inside the facility and you have the gall to accuse me of extrajudicial killings. You fatten criminals inside prison.”
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