Lawmakers, who are also lawyers, do not see President Rodrigo Duterte as a criminal even if the President had admitted to killing at least three people when he was on a crime-busting job as mayor of Davao City in southern Mindanao.

Party-list Rep. Harry Roque of Kabayan and Rep. Rodel Batocabe made the assertion in light of a statement made by UN High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein calling Duterte a killer and a criminal.

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