CONFLICT is brewing between Malacañang and some lawmakers as Solicitor General Jose Calida told police on Monday that they can ignore a congressional investigation of the rising number of drug-related killings.
In a news conference, Calida assured the 160,000-strong Philippine National Police (PNP) of protection as he taunted Sen. Leila de Lima and accused her of seeking “media mileage” when she called for a probe of the deaths of suspects in police anti-drug operations as well as vigilante slays last week.
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