Watch more on iWantTFC Malacañang on Monday offered condolences to the family of the late Commission on Human Rights chief Jose Luis "Chito" Gascon, who had clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte over his war on drugs. "Nakikiramay rin po kami sa pagyao ni Commission on Human Rights chairman Jose Luis Martin 'Chito' Gascon," said Palace spokesman Harry Roque.
Gascon was appointed to the rights body in 2015 by then President Benigno Aquino III. At the change of administration, he fought rights abuses in the Philippines, including alleged extrajudicial killings in the drug war. Gascon was a political activist and social reformer whose work for over three decades focused on human rights, democracy and governance.
In the same year, Duterte insulted Gascon for his human rights efforts and for being "a spokesman for the Liberal and for the opposition who want me out of the presidency."
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