National Bureau of Investigation agents are seen in a video of the shooting incident with the Senate Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. — Screengrab from NBI-OTCD

MANILA, Philippines — Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla on Saturday said the Senate did not want to accept a subpoena for a copy of closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of the Senate shooting incident last Wednesday.

In a press conference on Friday, Remulla said he issued the subpoena as part of an investigation of the shooting incident. Along with the subpoena addressed to the Senate, he said his office will ask for the footage of the reporters who covered the incident.

“We have a problem with this. The Senate did not want to accept our process server but there was already a notice,” Remulla said in a dzRH radio program.

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