Sa Lahat Ng Taong Bayan Patawarin Na Ninyo Ako - Matobato

A self-confessed Philippine hitman who testified that President Rodrigo Duterte had personally issued assassination orders while a city mayor said on Friday that he was sorry for all the people and he was ready to die for his sins.

Since giving his testimony, Matobato has been living under the protection of a senator, guarded by former soldiers.

“I’m tired of running,” Matobato told Reuters in an interview at a safe house in Manila. “I apologize to all the people I have wronged,.”

The president has dismissed Matobato’s allegations as fabrications.

Matobato appeared relaxed when he spoke about his life as a killer, and the reason for making his confessions in the Senate inquiry.

“My conscience is bothering me. I want to correct the mistakes and I want justice for those people,” he said.

It was up to God what happened to him now, he said.

“I don’t care if I die now, I have accepted my fate… I just don’t want to go to jail. They had better kill me, hang me for all my sins.”

Duterte was voted to power in a May election vowing to wipe out drugs and corruption in the country of 100 million people.

Duterte has repeatedly denied involvement in vigilantism as either mayor or president.

Matobato told Reuters he could not read or write and had virtually no education. He said for years he had felt like a hunter, preying on petty criminals and drug addicts.

“All my life, I was like a dog being sent here and there and made to do things. I obeyed them, no questions asked.

“My only appeal is spare my family,” he said, tears welling.

He said he was being looked after but was frustrated with his life in hiding.

“It’s very difficult,” he said. “I can’t go where I want to go. I only stay here all day.

“I’m tired of this life.” 

Source: Du30news

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