The government can produce a report on President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs and give a copy to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), but not allow a UN investigation of the thousands of killings in the crackdown on narcotics, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said.

The sentaor stated that they can produce a comprehensive report on what the lowdown really is, what is happening in our drug war and we can give them a copy.

Lacson’s proposal came in the midst of condemnation by the UNHRC government of the acceptance on Thursday of a resolution presented by Iceland for a UN inquiry into the thousands of murders in the drug war.

The proposition passed narrowly, with 18 nations voting to approve it, 14 rejecting it, including the Philippines and China, and 15 abstaining.

With the resolution adopted, UNHRC instructed the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit a comprehensive international report on Mr. Duterte’s signature program and called on the Philippine government to cooperate with the World Human Rights Agency, including facilitating country visits and preventing and avoiding all acts of intimidation or retaliation on human rights.

President Duterte threatened to arrest UN special rapporteurs who would come to the Philippines to investigate the killings.

His allies brought drug charges against Sen. Leila de Lima in jail for researching the murders, which the Philippine National Police claims to be number 6,600 as of May, but rights organizations estimate to be more than 27,000.

The PNP acknowledges only the officers ‘ 6,600 murders and attributes other fatalities to drug gangs eliminating each other.

These murders were carried out by motorcycle-riding gunmen who, according to rights organizations, are hired weapons paid by the police or police themselves.

Lacson said that any agency under the executive branch could prepare a report as long as the report was based on facts and figures.

The senator stated that they can readily see if it has been doctored anyway. If they allow the Commission on Human Rights to do it, it will still be the same.