CIDG chief: No talks with Senate, Palace about suing of Rodrigo Duterte
Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Director Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III addresses the media during a briefing at Camp Crame on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (Photo by Jason Sigales/黑料社)
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police – Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP CIDG) Director Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III said neither the Senate nor Malacañang talked with him about his filing of cases against former President Rodrigo Duterte.
This pertains to the former chief executive’s “kill senators” remark.
The CIDG chief filed complaints for unlawful utterances and inciting to sedition against Duterte before the Department of Justice on Monday.
Torre based his charges on the former president’s quip about killing the 15 senators and setting off a bomb to make way for the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP) bets.
Article continues after this advertisementIn a media briefing on Tuesday, when pressed about whether or not the Senate and Malacañang talked with him about the cases, Torre answered:
Article continues after this advertisement“Wala naman. Hindi namin kailangan ang Senado. Hindi namin kailangan ang Malacañang dito para mai-file ang kaso na ito.”
(There’s none. We don’t need the Senate. We don’t need Malacañang to file this case here.)
“I don’t think Malacañang should get involved in this dahil ito naman ay pure law enforcement. Ang pulis ay law enforcer, so may nakikita tayong violation of law,” Torre told reporters in Camp Crame.
(I don’t think Malacañang should get involved in this because this is pure law enforcement. The police are law enforcers, so we see the violation of law.)
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However, the CIDG chief added that senators were free to also file cases against Duterte for the remarks and that the police unit would welcome and entertain them if senators will do so.
Further, Torre said, “I informed the [PNP] Chief Gen. Rommel Marbil that I’ll be filing the cases and he said, ‘Go ahead, do your job.’ Trabaho ko ito eh.”
(This is my job)
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“I’ll be remiss kung hindi ako mag-file ng kaso at ibang tao ang mag-file ng kaso na ito,” he noted.
(I’ll be remiss if I won’t file the case and someone else will file it.)
“Nakakahiya naman sa PNP ‘yung ‘pag inunahan tayo ng ibang taong mag-file sa kitang-kita naman na violation ng isang tao na palaging may nakatutok na camera,” he pointed out.
(That’d be a shame for the PNP if someone else were to file the case before us when the violation is very clear and the violation is by someone who always has a camera on him.)
