The Philippine government agreed to release on Thursday the results of the investigation of the Melo commission on extrajudicial killings in the country just hours after a UN special rapporteur called for its public release.

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said on Wednesday that the release was in response to calls from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines and other groups including the UN and European Union for public disclosure of the contents of the Melo report.

Ermita said Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye will release the report on Thursday.

UN special rapporteur Philip Alston recommended on Wednesday morning the public release of the results of the Melo Commission as the human rights expert said that the military is in a state of denial on the extrajudicial killings in the country.

In a press conference held on Wednesday Alston provided initial findings of his investigation in the situation of the extrajudicial killings in the country.

The government-created investigative commission headed by former Supreme Court justice Jose Melo submitted its findings to the President on Jan. 30. However, the government had refused to disclose the results of the investigation and has called the results "initial" or "incomplete."

Source: Xinhua