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BY PRINCE GOLEZ
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Saturdsy, August 19, 2017
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MANILA – Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV scored President Rodrido Duterte who admitted he was wrong with the three to six months timeline he set for himself to eradicate crime, corruption and illegal drugs.
“Duterte lies and deceives just to get his way,” the senator said in a statement.
Duterte said he was wrong to impose a six-month deadline to end the drug scourge, an election promise that catapulted him to the presidency.
Trillanes, a former Navy official, described Duterte a “monster” that justifies the deadly war on drugs through lies.
“I fervently pray for the day that Filipinos would finally wake up and realize this,” he said.
In a speech during a visit to Ozamiz City Police Station on Thursday, Duterte noted the police’s involvement in illegal drug trade and said the Philippines has become a “narcotics country.”
“I feel so bad about all of these things. Kasi nalaman ko, paano ko ma-control in six months, three to six months? Ang mga generals na pulis nandiyan. Tapos ang Bureau of Customs, ‘yung ahensya na inaasahan ko ,’yung pulis, p**** i** nasa droga,” the chief executive said.
“Ngayon alam ko na nagkamali ako. Nagkamali talaga ako,” said Duterte.
According to the Philippine National Police, a total of 3,264 drug suspects have been killed between July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017.
However, the New York-based Human Rights Watch, in its June 28, 2017 report entitled “Philippines: Duterte’s First Year a Human Rights Calamity”, pegged the number of drug killings to at least 7,000.
Amnesty International, meanwhile, tallied 9,000 drug-related deaths from police operations and vigilante-style killings. The group claimed the police were paid as much as P15,000 for every drug suspect killed./PN
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