WALANG nakatataas sa batas, anuman ang katayuan sa lipunan — mayaman o mahirap, pangulo man o hindi.

Ito ang paalala ni House Assistant Majority Leader Jay Khonghun ng Zambales kay dating Pangulong Rodrigo R. Duterte, kasabay ng paghamon dito na dumalo sa pagdinig ng quad committee ng Kamara de Representantes sa Huwebes.

“Nobody, and I mean nobody, can ever be above the law — literally and figuratively. We are a nation of laws and not of men. This is too basic in all law schools,” ayon kay Khonghun.

“And not just that, this is taught early in school that even non-political science (pre-law) students know it. This very popular phrase is self-explanatory. This is also the essence and bedrock of our democratic society that we always hold dear,” dagdag pa ng mambabatas.

Sinabi ni Khonghun, isang lider ng “Young Guns” sa Kamara, na dapat ng gumawa ng susunod na hakbang si Duterte upang maprotektahan ang mga pulis na pumatay ng mga drug suspect sa ngalan ng kanyang war on drugs campaign lalo at wala na itong immunity sa kaso mula pa noong Hulyo 2022.

“There is the repeated demand for public accountability here, especially in light of the so-called state-sponsored executions where innocent lives have been lost in the name of the purported war against illegal drugs,” saad ni Khonghun.

“Go beyond rhetorics. Tell us the whole truth about EJKs, and don’t be selective in your testimony. The Filipinos deserve nothing less. Prove to us your real worth by showing you are the country’s poster boy in terms of transparency, that you’re not afraid of anything,” ayon pa kay Khonghun. “Truth, no matter how hard, should prevail above everything else, even more than power itself.”

“There should be truth above power, whose holders only come and go. As elected officials in charge of making laws, ferreting out the whole truth has been part of our mandate. It is our priority, and we will make sure that real culprits are indicted, powerful or not,” babala pa ng kongresista.