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Former Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said former president Duterte and the congressmen asking questions are usually not on the same page, because some questions had wrong premises. Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News

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Panelo says congressmen questions for Duterte had 'wrong premises'

Jervis Manahan

ABS-CBN News

<div><span data-teams="true" id="isPasted"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1731498640953panelo.png" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Former Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said former president Duterte and the congressmen asking questions are usually not on the same page, because some questions had wrong premises. <em id="isPasted">Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Lawyer Salvador Panelo, former presidential spokesperson and former chief legal counsel, criticized the line of questioning of members of the House quad committee in its hearing on the war on drugs on Wednesday.</p><p>Panelo, when Duterte was president, often took on the task of &quot;explaining&quot; and justifying his principal&#x27;s statements and policies, which he claimed had been misunderstood or taken out of context. </p><p>&quot;Most of the times, the premises are wrong kaya ang napapansin ko, yung resource person, the former President, vis-a-vis the one questioning, are not on the same page,&quot; he said.</p><p>(<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Most of the times, the premises are wrong so I noticed the resource person, the former President, vis-a-vis the one questioning, are not on the same page)</span></p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/13/cops-should-not-hesitate-to-kill-suspect-if-situation-calls-for-it-duterte-1549">Cops should not hesitate to kill suspect &#x27;if situation calls for it&#x27; — Duterte</a></div><p>&quot;Kaya sabi nila, it&#x27;s already boring. Paulit-ulit ang tanong. &#x27;Yan ang problema kapag hindi lawyers,&quot; he added.</p><p>(Some say it&#x27;s already boring. The questions are repetitive. That&#x27;s the problem when the ones asking are not lawyers.)</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="" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:456px;height:571px;display:block;flex-grow:1" 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=1856652477103554989&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%3A2024-11-13T11%3A47%3A43.687242%3A7a5a5159-084b-4528-9ed6-404d3854bc32%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=5cca932eb9a14a87bc9099844d7a07c7fa03cbf4&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" data-tweet-id="1856652477103554989"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div><strong>&#x27;RESPONSIBILITY&#x27;</strong></div><p>Panelo also offered an interpretation of Duterte&#x27;s statements that<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/28/duterte-says-he-takes-full-responsibility-for-bloody-drug-war-1237"> he is taking full responsibility on the effects of the drug war.</a></p><p>&quot;Maliwanag ang sinasabi ni Presidente. Any consequences arising there from, he will assume responsibility. Kaya sinasabi niyan, kung nagkamali yan dahil inutos ko, isama nyo ako sa demanda,&quot; Panelo said.</p><p>(The former President&#x27;s message is clear. Any consequences arising from the drug war, he will assume responsibility. He said that if policemen commit wrongdoing based on his orders, he can be also liable.)</p><p>But Panelo stressed that the war on drugs is predicated on legal ground, as Duterte only ordered policemen to catch drug personalities and only shoot if they resist arrest.</p><p>&quot;When you say &#x27;I will kill you&#x27;, it&#x27;s not a crime, ilang ulit niya sinabi yan. Tinatakot nya lang. Marami nga ang natakot,&quot; Panelo said.</p><p>(When you say &#x27;I will kill you&#x27;, it&#x27;s not a crime, he said that a lot. He just scared people, a lot got scared.)</p>

<p>Former Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo criticized the line of questioning of the congressmen in the House Quad Committee hearing on the war on drugs on Wednesday.</p>

Former Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo criticized the line of questioning of the congressmen in the House Quad Committee hearing on the war on drugs on Wednesday.

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'Hindi kasi lawyers': Panelo says House reps’ questions for Duterte had ‘wrong premises’

Jervis Manahan,

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Published Nov 13, 2024 09:17 PM PHT

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