Bam Aquino files resolution seeking probe on ‘anti-tambay’ operations

Senator Paolo Benigno A. Aquino IV on Monday, June 25, filed a resolution seeking to investigate the “anti-tambay operations” of the police and the death of Genesis “Tisoy” Argoncillo who was killed inside the Quezon City Police District headquarters after he was arrested for alleged alarm and scandal.
Senate Resolution No. 772 urged the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs to investigate the matter.
“Maraming mga detalye na hindi tumutugma, pero ang malinaw sa akin, hindi dapat namatay si Tisoy. Hindi siya mamamatay kung hindi pinatupad ang isang polisiya na naka-target ang mahihirap (There are details that don’t add up, but one thing is clear: Tisoy shouldn’t have died. He shouldn’t have died had the police didn’t target solely the poor),” the senator said in a statement.
“There is a need to assess whether the PNP’s anti-tambay campaign, as well as the local ordinances on which they are supposedly based, are consistent with national laws and the Constitution,” he added. — Camille A. Aguinaldo