• 2 months ago
Ipinaliwanag ni Atty. Chel Diokno ang kanilang pagkakaintindi sa "negate" at "neutralize" na ginagamit ng PNP. Tugon niya kay Rep. Gerville Luistro, tila "kill" o "terminate" ang ibig sabihin ng mga ito.


Itinanggi naman ito ni Police Colonel Hector Grijaldo Jr. at ng ibang opisyal ng PNP. Panoorin ang video.

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00:00I just wanna be enlightened about the manifestation given by Atty. Chell Jokno.
00:08Ano po ba talaga yung literal na meaning nung negate?
00:12And when you share this circular, and you said that that really means to kill,
00:20do you mean to say that by negate, by PNP language, its meaning now is to kill?
00:31Is that what you mean to say, Attorney?
00:34Yes, Your Honor. Actually, Colonel Espinido also in a previous hearing used the term neutralize to mean to kill.
00:43He testified to that, and today the PDEA chief has also used those terms in the same way.
00:51Nung una po namin nabasa yung memorandum circular na pinirmahan ni General De La Rosa,
00:59doon po kami nagtaka kasi alam naman natin na yung trabaho ng PNP ay mag-case build-up,
01:05mag-manghuli, at mag-sampan ng reklamo.
01:08Pero nagtaka kami kung bakit dinagdagan pa nila ng to negate and to neutralize
01:14when those are not legal terms and those are not part of the duties of any member of the Philippine National Police.
01:22That led us to conclude that yun ang ibig sabihin,
01:27and that has been confirmed by several members of the PNP before this quad committee.
01:34Would you agree with me, Attorney, that literally, by negate, it means to belay.
01:42By neutralize, it means to remove the danger. That's the literal meaning.
01:49Yes, Your Honor. In ordinary parlance, that is the meaning.
01:54But I think if you were to ask the members of the Philippine National Police
01:59and those involved in law enforcement in our country,
02:02ang pagka-intindi na po nila ng neutralize at negate ay ganun din sa nabanggit ni PDEA General G.G. Lasso.
02:11In other words, what gave the term negate and neutralize the meaning which is to kill
02:20is the concept of war on drugs that has been introduced, that was introduced during the past administration.
02:28Yes, Your Honor. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
02:31Thank you, Congresswoman Luistro. Just for clarification, Attorney Giocno,
02:36so when you say negate, this is in the PNP parlance, meaning eliminate, extricate, kill.
02:47Yung po ba ang ibig sabihin nun?
02:49Yes, Your Honor, especially in the context of the circular issued by then Chief De La Rosa in the war on drugs.
02:56In the absence of a specific word, say kill, would that be interpreted as kill as well?
03:04That is our conclusion because if they meant to apprehend or to charge or to conduct case build-up,
03:11madali lang po sabihin yun eh. Hindi na kailangan sabihin na mag-negate o mag-neutralize.
03:16But isn't negate imply that parang neutralize in a way that to stop its operation?
03:28You neutralize, you stop it. Is that the way it should be understood?
03:35Sa atin pong mga ordinaryong mamamayan, ganun pong yung pagkaintindi natin.
03:40But I recall Colonel Espinido in a previous hearing before this committee also said that to neutralize means to kill or to eliminate.
03:50Okay, thank you po. Let me ask naman the opinion of Colonel Grijaldo. Does negate mean kill in the PNP parlance?
04:03It is being used sir as to negate or to stop or to, I mean sir, parang na-ano na sir, na-ano na yung, na-negate na sir.
04:19Angyari sir, na-sa-alistahan na, na-negated na yung operation niya sir. Yun yung hinagamit sa PNP.
04:26But does that mean in the PNP lingo, eh, does that also mean to kill?
04:34No sir.
04:35No. Si Colonel Patay, ganun din po ba ang inyong opinion?
04:39Yes your honor, it doesn't mean that negation is killing. That's stopping his or her activities.
04:46Si, thank you. Si Colonel Castillo, ano po ang inyong opinion?
04:51Sir, ganun din po.
04:53Si Colonel Petalio.
04:55Ganun din sir, ganun din po.
04:57Si Colonel Garduque.
04:59Yes sir, the same sir.
05:01Si, what's his name, Colonel, yeah, Colonel Andula.
05:07Yes sir, same po sir, your honor.
05:10So you all agree, or you are all in agreement that the word negate, as stated in that memorandum, does not mean to kill?
05:24Yun na yun yung pagkakasabi, hindi ba?
05:28So, how do you now, example, how do you now negate a high value target, a drug lord?
05:37Papami yun, alam niyong mangalalaban yun, hindi magpapahuli ng buhay yun.
05:46It's just a thought that I'd like to expound eventually.

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