{"id":134278,"date":"2017-11-27T01:45:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T06:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=134278"},"modified":"2017-11-27T01:45:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T06:45:06","slug":"drug-war-ops-remains-with-pdea-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/27\/drug-war-ops-remains-with-pdea-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug war ops remains with PDEA \u2014 Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_129095\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129095\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ESCALERA2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-129095\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ESCALERA2-1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Newly-appointed Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. (VALERIE ESCALERA\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ESCALERA2-1.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ESCALERA2-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ESCALERA2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ESCALERA2-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Newly-appointed Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. (VALERIE ESCALERA\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday clarified to the public that President Rodrigo Duterte has not completely made up his mind if he would return the power of the Philippine National Police (PNP) over the government\u2019s fight contra illegal drugs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is safe to reveal that the President, while inclined to return it to the PNP, has not made up completely his mind,\u201d presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said at a press briefing held in Davao City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess, until the document is signed by him, it remains with PDEA\u2026I will actually seek a clarification from the President but let\u2019s not pressure him either way,\u201d Roque added.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte earlier said in a speech during his visit to the headquarters of Special Operations Command that he eyes returning the PNP to the war zone of \u201cOplan Tokhang\u201d after he removed its control to it and assigned the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) as a sole agency in-charged of the drug war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not yet signed the executive order. But I am inclined to call back the police and join again in the drug war,\u201d Duterte said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Roque said that it is the President\u2019s prerogative if he would return the authority to the PNP or he would let Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) continue its task.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he would seek clarification from the President.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I will actually seek clarification from the President. Let\u2019s not pressure him, that\u2019s a presidential prerogative,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday clarified to the public that President Rodrigo Duterte has not completely made up his &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":129095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[13788,18680,18681,13135,31681],"class_list":["post-134278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-oplan-tokhang","tag-philippine-drug-enforcement-agency-pdea","tag-philippine-national-police-pnp","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","tag-presidential-spokesman-harry-roque","mauthors-michealina-vallarta-david","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134278","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=134278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}