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Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido Abante attends the House of Representatives quad committee on Dangerous Drugs, Public Order and Safety, Human Rights and Public Accounts holds its hearing at the Villa De Bacolor Convention Center in Bacolor Pampanga on August 16, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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Vivienne Gulla

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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/17365042345791729391802472172882082667620240816-house-quad-comm-meeting-bacolor-JC-4.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido Abante attends the House of Representatives quad committee on Dangerous Drugs, Public Order and Safety, Human Rights and Public Accounts holds its hearing at the Villa De Bacolor Convention Center in Bacolor Pampanga on August 16, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido Abante attends the House of Representatives quad committee on Dangerous Drugs, Public Order and Safety, Human Rights and Public Accounts holds its hearing at the Villa De Bacolor Convention Center in Bacolor Pampanga on August 16, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The House Quad Committee welcomes the Pulse Asia survey that suggests 61 percent of Filipinos support its investigation into the alleged extrajudicial killings in the Duterte administration’s drug war, illegal drugs, and illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators.</p><p>The survey, commissioned by the consultancy firm Stratbase and conducted from November 26 to December 3, also found that only 11 percent of respondents are against the quad comm&#x27;s inquiry, while 24 percent are undecided.</p><p>Quad comm leaders described the results of the survey as a “clear mandate” for the mega-panel to expose the truth behind these issues.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/9/61-of-filipinos-support-quad-comm-inquiry-on-ejks-illegal-drugs-pogos-pulse-asia-1620">61% of Filipinos support quad comm inquiry on EJKs, illegal drugs, POGOs: Pulse Asia</a></div><p>“The message is loud and clear—Filipinos want accountability and reforms,&quot; quad comm leaders and members said.</p><p>&quot;This investigation is a crucial step in dismantling the networks of corruption and abuse tied to EJKs, illegal drugs, and POGOs,&quot; they also said.</p><p>The joint statement was attributed to the following lawmakers:</p><ul><li>Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers</li><li>Santa Rosa City Rep. Dan Fernandez</li><li>Abang Lingkod party-list Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano</li><li>Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr.</li><li>Antipolo Rep. Romeo Acop</li></ul><div><br/></div><p>Barbers is overall quad comm chairperson, while Fernandez, Paduano and Abante are co-chairs. Acop is a senior vice chair of the mega panel.</p><p>“This is a clear mandate from the people to pursue justice and expose the truth behind these systemic abuses. We will not waver in our mission to hold powerful offenders accountable,” they said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/18/quad-comm-recommends-criminal-raps-vs-ex-president-duterte-bato-go-over-alleged-ejks-1847">House recommends criminal raps vs ex-President Duterte, Bato, Go over alleged EJKs</a></div><p>After conducting 13 marathon hearings last year, the Quad Comm recommended the filing of crimes against humanity charges against former President Rodrigo Duterte and his allies over his administration’s bloody war on drugs.</p><p>The National Union of Peoples&#x27; Lawyers and Rise Up for Life and for Rights said in November the recommendations of the quad committee that the House adopted are <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/19/quad-comm-recommendations-should-lead-to-court-cases-drug-war-victims-kin-lawyers-1838">&quot;only as good and acceptable as the results in the courts will be.&quot;</a></p>

<p>The House Quad Committee welcomes the Pulse Asia survey showing 61% of Filipinos support its investigation into the alleged extrajudicial killings in the Duterte administration’s drug war, illegal drugs, and illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators.</p>

The House Quad Committee welcomes the Pulse Asia survey showing 61% of Filipinos support its investigation into the alleged extrajudicial killings in the Duterte administration’s drug war, illegal drugs, and illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators.

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House quad comm welcomes Pulse Asia survey showing 61% of Filipinos support its probe

Vivienne Gulla,

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Published Jan 10, 2025 06:18 PM PHT

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