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Former President Rodrigo Duterte and former Senator Leila de Lima attend the House quad committee hearing on the extrajudicial killings, addressing alleged human rights violations from the Duterte administration's war on drugs on November 13, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News


Former President Rodrigo Duterte attends the House quad committee hearing on the extrajudicial killings, addressing alleged human rights violations from his administration’s war on drugs on November 13, 2024. Malacanang on the same day said the Philippines is obliged to cooperate with Interpol if it issues a Red Notice against the former president. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Quad-Comm Hearing

Jeffrey Hernaez

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173151860859220241113-duterte-quadcomm-hearing-MT-2 (1).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Former President Rodrigo Duterte and former Senator Leila de Lima attend the House quad committee hearing on the extrajudicial killings, addressing alleged human rights violations from the Duterte administration&#x27;s war on drugs on November 13, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former President Rodrigo Duterte and former Senator Leila de Lima attend the House quad committee hearing on the extrajudicial killings, addressing alleged human rights violations from the Duterte administration&#x27;s war on drugs on November 13, 2024. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span>MANILA -- Former Senator Leila de Lima criticized former President Rodrigo Duterte for a gesture he made during the Quad Comm hearing at the House of Representatives on Wednesday, wherein he appeared as if he wanted to throw a punch at her.</div><p>According to De Lima, she was unaware of the former president&#x27;s gesture at the time, as she was answering lawmakers&#x27; questions.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/13/duterte-sits-beside-de-lima-at-house-quad-comm-inquiry-1102">READ: Duterte gestures fist at de Lima during House quad comm probe</a></div><p>&quot;Hindi ko nakita until may dalawa o tatlo sa akin nag-message…. Mayroon pa isa na nagpadala ng video mismo,&quot; she said.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1856743349811908951&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-11-13T17%3A06%3A51.442445%3A4237896a-f907-4999-9db8-15a6e6c02005%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=5dcad1088935637c80a04846f3b086a1bed8fa00&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:547px;height:646px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1856743349811908951"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>Upon finally viewing the video, De Lima admitted feeling offended.</p><p>&quot;That was so unbecoming, that was offensive kasi wala na siyang any sense of decency, ang tawag diyan, indecency na wala naman ako ginagawa sa kanya tapos ganun ang reaction niya,&quot; she emphasized.</p><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABQQw40qAHkEpcba&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script><p>For the former senator, Duterte&#x27;s gesture was a display of cowardice.</p><p>&quot;Ang isa pang tawag diyan, kaduwagan, isa siyang duwag,&quot; she said.</p><p>Duterte&#x27;s gesture came after De Lima&#x27;s manifestation about his pronouncement of taking &quot;full responsibility&quot; for his anti-drug campaign, and his apparent refusal to say her name during the proceedings.</p><p>De Lima is one of Duterte&#x27;s fiercest critics, and had been incarcerated for nearly seven years following accusations implicating her in the illegal drug trade at the National Bilibid Prison. Her accusers later retracted their claims, leading to the dismissal of the charges against her.</p><p>They sat beside each other during the committee hearing into extrajudicial killings and Duterte&#x27;s bloody war on drugs on Wednesday.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/13/chaos-as-enraged-duterte-nearly-throws-mic-at-trillanes-over-bank-accounts-2008">READ: Chaos as enraged Duterte nearly throws mic at Trillanes over bank accounts</a></div>

<p>According to De Lima, she was unaware of the former president's gesture at the time, as she was answering lawmakers' questions.</p>

According to De Lima, she was unaware of the former president's gesture at the time, as she was answering lawmakers' questions.

'Kaduwagan': De Lima slams Duterte's 'punch' gesture

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'Kaduwagan': De Lima slams Duterte's 'punch' gesture

Jeffrey Hernaez,

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Published November 14, 2024 01:45 AM PHT

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