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Duterte says he will get back at De Lima, Roxas

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LOS BAÑOS, Laguna—Presidential bet Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he would get back at former Justice secretary Leila de Lima and former Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas and anyone who would try to file criminal charges against him for the summary execution of lawless elements in Davao City.

At the sidelines of his presidential campaign here, Duterte denied any involvement in summary killings in his province in his 22 years of public service.

He made his statement even as a New Bilibid Prisons inmate filed graft charges against De Lima  and Roxas for violating a law that reduces the sentences of prisoners for good behavior.

Gilbert Wagas of Compostela, Cebu said because of De Lima’s and Roxas’ violation of Republic Act 10592, hundreds of prisoners who would have been freed by now under the law were still languishing in jail.

Duterte made his statement against De Lima and Roxas when asked for his reaction to the statement by his spokesman Pete Laviña about the plan of the Aquino administration to sue Duterte for his “role and involvement in extra judicial killings of known criminals and drug pushers in Davao City.”

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Duterte put the blame on De Lima, saying “when she was the Justice secretary she was yucking about it but did not do anything about it.”

“It could work both ways. It could be a very dangerous statement,” Duterte told reporters.

He denied reports that he killed three criminals while they were kneeling and begging for their lives and their hands were tied.

“It was covered by the entire media in Davao,” Duterte said and warned his political opponents not to sow intrigues.

“It will be their [biggest] problem if I win.”

Laviña said the charges against Duterte reportedly stemmed from the affidavits executed by a ranking police officer and a confessed gunmen. Rio N. Araja

    “We view this development with concern,” Laviña said. 

    “We see the desperate hands of administration bets who are threatened by the surge in the popularity and voter preference for Duterte whose numbers continue to rise in all surveys.

    “There is no doubt in our mind that momentum is on our side. This ploy to resurrect the worn out allegations against the Mayor is a vain and desperate attempt to stop that momentum.”

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