‘Not behind kill raps vs. Aquino’
President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Jan. 27, denies he is behind the move in the filing of homicide charges against former president Benigno Aquino III over the bungled Mamasapano operation that killed 44 police commandos three years ago.
Duterte said it was “not his style” to pursue any cases against his predecessor.
“(Aquino) is already facing charges. (Former) president Aquino, I said, it’s not my style,
JAN. 24, 2015 400 police operatives carried out Oplan Exodus against Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, and Ahmad Ukmad Uson
it’s not my system,” the President said in an interview in Davao City upon his arrival from India.
“That [idea to file homicide cases against Aquino] did not come from me. Ask anyone, that’s not my style,” he added.
He made the remark after Solicitor General Jose Calida sought the filing of 44 counts of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide against Aquino, in connection with the deaths of 44 Special Action Force (SAF) troopers in a botched operation in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on Jan. 25, 2015.
Calida, on Thursday, filed a manifestation urging the Supreme Court to direct the Office of the Ombudsman to reverse its ruling junking the reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide cases against Aquino. /