Palace, opposition senator in word war over drug war

The word war between the executive branch and and opposition Senator Leila de Lima intensified over the increase in the number of drug-related killings since the start of the Duterte administration. De Lima, as chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights had been the nemesis of then Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte over alleged extrajudicial killings in the war against illegal drugs. The President urged Congress to restore the death penalty; De Lima initiates a probe into the alleged EJKs. The chief of the national police said the senator is harassing the cops, and the Solicitor General gets back of De Lima: what did you do with illegal drugs when you were justice secretary? The senator quips: why is the police reacting this way if they’re not guilty?