{"id":132415,"date":"2017-11-19T23:03:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T04:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=132415"},"modified":"2025-01-13T13:27:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T18:27:28","slug":"duterte-says-pnp-may-return-to-drug-ops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/19\/duterte-says-pnp-may-return-to-drug-ops\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte says PNP may return to drug ops"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_132397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132397\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DUTERTE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-132397\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DUTERTE.jpg\" alt=\"President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in his speech during the launching of the Department of Agriculture's partnership with Ayala Malls at the Abreeza Mall in Davao City on November 18, 2017, cites how farmers and fisherfolks could benefit from a government that is compassionate and free from corruption. SIMEON CELI JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DUTERTE.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DUTERTE-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DUTERTE-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DUTERTE-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-132397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in his speech during the launching of the Department of Agriculture&#8217;s partnership with Ayala Malls at the Abreeza Mall in Davao City on November 18, 2017, cites how farmers and fisherfolks could benefit from a government that is compassionate and free from corruption. SIMEON CELI JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Philippine National Police (PNP) may retake its position as the leader of the war on drugs according to its \u2018architect.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe drug problem, if it becomes worse again, the police has to enter the picture,\u201d President Rodrigo Roa Duterte said in his speech on Saturday in Davao City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf human rights [advocates] are taking that (Donald) Trump or whoever the human rights can stop me, I\u2019m sorry,\u201d Duterte added.<\/p>\n<p>The President has been consistent in considering drugs as the main and root causes of other problems that the country is facing, as he stressed that he wanted it to be \u2018eradicated.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zofran online <a href=\"https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/zofran.html\">https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/zofran.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Just like his previous speeches, Duterte explained how drug trade is an organized crime. He went on by saying that another problem is that a lot do not really understand the threat of drugs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shortened deadline?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the Chief Executive did not specify any timeframe on when PNP may return to the drug operation scene, this was the first time that he mentioned the police\u2019s comeback.<\/p>\n<p>On October 20, the Chief Executive in a speech gave the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) six months to prove that they are capable of dealing with the drug problem, a week after assigning the said agency to head the drug operations.<\/p>\n<p>(Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/22\/rody-gives-pdea-6-month-deadline-on-drug-war\/\"> Rody gives PDEA 6-month deadline on drug war<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Pinatabi ko muna lahat<\/em> (I asked everyone else to step aside). And whether it will be worse or better, I simply do not have the answer,\u201d he said in the same speech.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy ozempic online <a href=\"https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/ozempic.html\">https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/ozempic.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The President said that he was doing this for the media and the \u2018bleeding hearts\u2019 who consistently condemn his campaign, as assigning PDEA would mean lessened killings.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, stressed then that he has done everything in his power about the drug problem, so he just wanted to give PDEA a chance.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy symbicort inhaler online <a href=\"https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/symbicort-inhaler.html\">https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/symbicort-inhaler.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Ngayon, pagka lumabo na naman ito, sabihan ko itong mga unggoy na \u2018to, \u2018Bumalik kayo dito, solbahin ninyo ang problema namin. Kayo \u2018yung madaldal, pagka hindi ninyo nasolba d\u2019yan, tutuliin ko kayo uli<\/em>\u00a0(Now, if the situations gets worse, I\u2019ll say to these monkeys, \u2018Come back here, and solve our problem. Since you are all talkative, if you cannot solve it, I will circumcise all of you again),\u201d he said then, referring to foreign human rights advocates who criticize him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philippine National Police (PNP) may retake its position as the leader of the war on drugs according to its &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":132397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[12253,9869,34035,34036,12302,7983,14387],"class_list":["post-132415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-war-on-drugs","tag-donald-trump","tag-drug-operations","tag-human-rights-advocates","tag-philippine-drug-enforcement-agency","tag-philippine-national-police","tag-rodrigo-roa-duterte","mauthors-bea-kirstein-t-manalaysay","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283588,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132415\/revisions\/283588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}