Senate Blue Ribbon vice chair to lead EJK probe

Senate President Francis Escudero announced that outgoing Senator and Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III has been appointed to lead the Senate investigation into the previous administration’s anti-drug campaign. The Senate’s Blue Ribbon Committee will conduct the inquiry into the “War on Drugs,” which has implicated Senators Bato Dela Rosa and Bong Go in alleged state-sanctioned extra-judicial killings. Testimonies from the House’s QuadCom hearings have linked these senators to the controversial operations. While Senator Pia Cayetano heads the Blue Ribbon panel, she will be preoccupied with her reelection campaign; thus, co-chair Senator Pimentel will oversee the hearings, as explained by SP Escudero.