A joint panel that probed alleged extrajudicial killings in the country wants Senators Leila de Lima and Antonio Trillanes IV held accountable for reportedly committing "unparliamentary conduct" during its investigation.
In an 86-page report, the Senate committees on justice and human rights, and public order and dangerous drugs specifically pointed to the behavior of the said senators during their hearing last Oct. 3.
It was during the hearing when Senator Richard Gordon, chair of the justice committee, charged De Lima of "material concealment" of information about the kidnapping case of self-declared assassin Edgar Matobato
After an intense argument with Gordon, De Lima walked out of the hearing room.
The report noted that it was De Lima who invited Matobato in the Senate probe and yet she failed to disclose to the joint panel about Matobato's criminal cases.
It was also during the same hearing when Trillanes allowed Matobato to exit the Senate premises without informing the two committees.
There was also an effort, it said, to "manage the testimony of Matobato to make him the best witness to establish the complicity of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte."
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