MALACANANG slammed Sen. Leila de Lima and Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chairman Jose Luis Martin Gascon for their so-called "hypocrisies" in criticizing the Duterte administration over alleged extrajudicial killings (EJKs) in its war against illegal drugs.

In reply to a statement, Palace spokesman Harry Roque reminded de Lima and Gascon that they were signatories to an administrative order that excluded criminals, like drug suspects, from the definition of EJKs.

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