Hontiveros said the public should be given access to information that landed the officials’ names on the President’s list. The Armed Forces of the Philippines said all the military personnel named by Mr. Duterte were considered immediately relieved. There are no proceedings here, no lawyers,” Mr. Duterte said in a predawn speech just before he began naming the suspects. Ready to investigateThe Department of the Interior and Local Government said it was ready to investigate the local officials named by Mr. Duterte. The President, however, conceded that he “might be wrong” about the guilt of the suspects named on a list distributed to reporters.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 07, 2016 16:30 UTC