De Lima formally seeks Senate probe on suspicious drug killings

True to her word, neophyte Senator Leila De Lima formally filed a Senate resolution yesterday seeking an investigation into suspicious instances of summary executions of persons allegedly involved in illegal drug activities. In filing Senate Resolution No. 9, the former Department of Justice (DOJ) secretary said it is necessary for Congress to probe the alarming incidence and pattern of summary killings carried out by law enforcement agencies on suspected criminals, particularly those linked to illegal drugs, which if left unabated and unchecked, “can escalate into a crime against humanity under international law.” De Lima, a former Commission on Human Rights (CHR) commissioner, said an investigation would help lawmakers strengthen the mechanisms in ensuring the most fundamental and basic of human rights, which is the right to life. A NEW LEAF – Six hundred self-confessed drug dependents vow to turn over a new leaf and not use anymore illegal drugs during [...]