MANILA – The lawyers of a group of Manila residents which questioned the government’s war on drugs before the Supreme Court has asked the high court to cite the Office of the Solicitor General and th
e Philippine National Police in contempt after they submitted supposedly “rubbish” documents that are not related to Oplan Tokhang.The Center for International Law on Monday filed a manifestation and motion accusing the OSG and the PNP of “underhanded machinations” in submitting “irrelevant non-drug related case files.”
“When an examination of an ample sampling of the files contained in the CDs/DVDs was made, it became clear that an overwhelming number of the death incidents submitted by the OSG and PNP are non-drug related cases,” Centerlaw said. SC first ordered the OSG and PNP to produce police operation reports and other documents during the December 5, 2017 oral arguments, which OSG later questioned when it filed a motion for reconsideration citing national security concerns, and second, in its April 3, 2018 resolution denying OSG’s motion.
“The Petitioners humbly point out that the Supreme Court should not lose sight of the fact that the OSG and PNP trifled not only with the Petitioners. The OSG and PNP have run circles around the emphatic and repeated orders of the High Court for them to submit documents on drug war-related deaths,” Centerlaw said.
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