Bong Go said the accusation was “unfounded” and “unfair.”
Senator Bong Go has denied any involvement in the “war on drugs” of former President Rodrigo Duterte after he was identified as a co-perpetrator.
There have been two sitting senators identified as “co-perpetrators” in former president Rodrigo Duterte‘s crimes against humanity trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC). This is based on the recent documents released amid the ongoing investigation.
Senators Ronald Dela Rosa and Christopher Go are among eight current and former officials listed in a document dated February 13, which was posted on the court’s website late Friday.
As stated, the eight co-perpetrators are:
- Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa
- Former police chief Vicente Danao
- The late former police chief Camilo Cascolan
- Former police chief Oscar Albayalde
- Senator Bong Go
- Former National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) chief Dante Gierran
- Former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Isidro Lapeña
- Former justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II
The document charges Duterte and the others with sharing “a common plan or agreement to ‘neutralize’ alleged criminals in the Philippines (including those perceived or alleged to be associated with drug use, sale, or production) through violent crimes, including murder (‘Common Plan’).”
The three counts covering 49 incidents of killings are:
- Count 1 = 19 victims of the DDS
- Count 2 = 14 high-value targets killed during the drug war
- Count 3 = 45 “low-level” victims of Oplan TokHang
Recently, Go reacted to the charges and denied any involvement he was accused of as a former aide of Duterte. He said that the allegations are “entirely unfounded, one-sided, and unfair.”
“It bear no relation to the reality of my roles and responsibilities during my service as Special Assistant to the President from June 2016 to October 2018 as well as Executive Assistant to the Mayor of Davao City from 1998 to 2016,” Go said in a statement on Saturday.
He added that he was also never the Chief of the Presidential Management Staff.
Go believed that the people knew that he was simply doing his job in accordance with human and divine law. It has always been his intention to help his fellow Filipinos, especially those who are poor and have no one else to turn to but the government.
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