{"id":154136,"date":"2018-02-24T22:26:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T03:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=154136"},"modified":"2018-02-24T22:26:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T03:26:16","slug":"prrd-vows-zero-tolerance-vs-pdp-laban-members-linked-to-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/24\/prrd-vows-zero-tolerance-vs-pdp-laban-members-linked-to-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD vows \u2018zero tolerance\u2019 vs. PDP Laban members linked to drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo R. Duterte said politicians who are members of the country\u2019s ruling political party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) involved in the illegal drug trade would not be given special treatment. (SIMEON CELI JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— President Rodrigo R. Duterte said politicians who are members of the country\u2019s ruling political party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) involved in the illegal drug trade would not be given special treatment.<\/p>\n

Duterte, chairman of the PDP Laban, bared this remark Thursday in a press conference in Iloilo, after reporters sought for an update on his so-called \u201cnarco- ist\u201d which included dismissed Iloilo Mayor Jed Mabilog.<\/p>\n

He said he has yet to check if new members of the ruling party are on his narco list, a booklet which contains the names of local government officials, policemen, and judges allegedly involved in the drug trade.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have not checked it. I did not even know that they are with the PDP already. I have to check. And we will be fair,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they are really involved with drugs, then I\u2019m sorry, PDP cannot help you. But if you are clean and you are unnecessarily dragged into the web of intrigues, then we can also have a remedy for that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Senate President and PDP Laban President Aquilino \u201cKoko\u201d Pimentel III, in a statement, assured that the party will have zero tolerance with members who \u201cspread harm among the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe continued existence of the illegal drug trade is contrary to the principles of the party. You are not a true member of PDP Laban if you defy our chairman\u2019s campaign against illegal drugs,\u201d Pimentel said.<\/p>\n

Duterte has stressed several times how serious the drug problem in the country is.<\/p>\n

He particularly emphasized how Mabilog, who has left the country last year, was listed in several narco lists.<\/p>\n

\u2018Yung isa si Mabilog has been linked several times in the different sources sa intelligence. That\u2019s why nasabi ko na target kita kasi lahat ng impormasyon na pumasok, eh galing Army, Navy, Air Force, Police. Eh nandoon \u2018yung pangalan niya. \u2018Yun si\u2026 \u2018yung Mabilog. Kita mo hindi na umuuwi ang buang,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

(\u201cMabilog has been linked several times in the different intelligence sources. That\u2019s why I keep saying he\u2019s my target because his name is in every information that comes in, from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Police. His name is there. See, he didn\u2019t even return to the country.\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cNandoon na \u2018yung pangalan niya. At mismo \u2018yung America, pabulag-bulagan. Meron \u2018yan silang listahan kasi pinabigyan ko \u2018yan sila (His name was there. And America turned a blind eye. They have a list because I gave them one),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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