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BY PRINCE GOLEZ
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Monday, November 20, 2017
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MANILA – Sen. Franklin Drilon is against bringing the Philippine National Police (PNP) back to the antidrug campaign.
Police will rejoin the crackdown against illegal drugs if the problem worsens, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday.
“Sana huwag nang ibalik sa PNP,” Drilon said yesterday. “Ang batas ay maliwanang naman na ang pagsugpo sa droga ay nasa PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency).”
In October the President declared that only the PDEA shall be authorized to swoop down on illegal drug suspects and barred other law enforcement agencies and units from doing the same.
His announcement came after Oplan Double Barrel – the intensified antidrug operations of the PNP – has resulted in thousands of deaths.
But a budget will be made available should Duterte allow the police to reengage in antidrug operations.
“There’s a lot of leeway in the budget iyong ganyang mga bagay,” said the Senate minority leader. “Iyong contingent fund, iyon naman ang ginagamit nila.”
His opposition to the PNP-led drug war was due to the thousands of drug-related killings, the senator from Iloilo City stressed.
“Dahilan naman sa ating nababasa sa pahayagan, at inaamin naman na mahigit na 6,000 o 7,000 ang namatay sa kampanya laban sa ilegal na droga nang hinahawakan ng pulisya,” he said.
Among those killed were minors, said the senator.
“Iyong mga kabataan na namamatay – si Karl Arnaiz – huwag naman sanang maulit,” Drilon said./PN
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