Philippines President Duterte should be impeached after confessing he killed suspects – senators

‘Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s confession that he used to kill suspected criminals while serving as mayor of Davao is grounds for impeachment, two of the country’s senators have claimed.
“That is betrayal of public trust and that constitutes high crimes because mass murders certainly fall into the category of high crimes. And high crimes is a ground for impeachment under the constitution,” Senator Leila de Lima told CNN on Thursday.
De Lima has been Duterte’s most outspoken domestic critic, and has led an inquiry into the president’s ‘war on drugs’. Allies of the president filed a criminal complaint against her this week, claiming she has shown “disrespect to the House of Representatives.”’
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