PHILIPPINE National Police Chief Ronald de la Rosa said on Wednesday that it was President Rodrigo Duterte who wanted the reinstatement of a controversial police official who has been linked to the murder of a former mayor from Leyte to justify his pay.

“The President intimated to me walang ginagawa ‘yung mga ‘g***o’ na ‘yan. Pagtrabahuhin mo ‘yan dahil sayang ‘yung government money na sinusweldo nila wala silang ginagawa,” said de la Rosa in his testimony before the Senate on Wednesday.

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