{"id":157394,"date":"2018-03-20T02:25:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T06:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=157394"},"modified":"2025-01-13T14:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T19:41:14","slug":"dutertes-fight-vs-narco-politics-far-from-over-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/20\/dutertes-fight-vs-narco-politics-far-from-over-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte&#8217;s fight vs narco-politics far from over\u2014Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_124271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124271\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/President-Rodrigo-Duterte-presents-a-chart-illustrating-a-drug-trade-network-of-high-level-drug-syndicates-in-the-Philippines-during-a-press-conference-July-7-2016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124271\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/President-Rodrigo-Duterte-presents-a-chart-illustrating-a-drug-trade-network-of-high-level-drug-syndicates-in-the-Philippines-during-a-press-conference-July-7-2016.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: President Rodrigo Duterte presents a chart illustrating a drug trade network of high level drug syndicates in the Philippines during a press conference, July 7, 2016 (Photo by King Rodriguez - Presidential Communications Operation Office)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/President-Rodrigo-Duterte-presents-a-chart-illustrating-a-drug-trade-network-of-high-level-drug-syndicates-in-the-Philippines-during-a-press-conference-July-7-2016.jpg 800w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/President-Rodrigo-Duterte-presents-a-chart-illustrating-a-drug-trade-network-of-high-level-drug-syndicates-in-the-Philippines-during-a-press-conference-July-7-2016-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/President-Rodrigo-Duterte-presents-a-chart-illustrating-a-drug-trade-network-of-high-level-drug-syndicates-in-the-Philippines-during-a-press-conference-July-7-2016-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: President Rodrigo Duterte presents a chart illustrating a drug trade network of high level drug syndicates in the Philippines during a press conference, July 7, 2016 (Photo by King Rodriguez &#8211; Presidential Communications Operation Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The President\u2019s spokesperson said that President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s fight against narco-politics still needs more time for a victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[In a] scale of 10, the President is only at six in his fight against narco-politics. He needs more time to win to reach the scale of 10,\u201d Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, Jr.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy clenbuterol online <a href=\"https:\/\/newnormalsamecancer.org\/where-to-go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/clenbuterol.html\">newnormalsamecancer.org\/where-to-go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/clenbuterol.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> said in an interview with Rappler at Camarines Sur Polytechnic College.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir influence is even persuasive because of their money, that\u2019s why we have to buckle up. The fight is far from over, and I would say that because we are on the advantage stage of the war, they will fight back using all the resources that they have,\u201d Roque added.<\/p>\n<p>Though the spokesperson is citing an extension, he added in the same interview that time is running.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s\u00a0 aiming to step down in 2022, that\u2019s why we need to support the President at this point,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Back in August last year, Duterte labeled the Philippines as a narcotic country.<\/p>\n<p>(Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/18\/ph-a-narco-state-says-duterte\/\">PH a \u2018narco-state\u2019, says Duterte<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, <em>magtanong kayo (ask), ang Pilipinas<\/em> (the Philippines), are we or are we not a narcotic country? Yes, we are,\u201d Duterte said in a speech addressed to policemen in Ozamiz City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook what happens if drug is allowed to flourish in the place.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy vilitra online <a href=\"https:\/\/newnormalsamecancer.org\/where-to-go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vilitra.html\">newnormalsamecancer.org\/where-to-go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vilitra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> There is narco-politics. May election <em>ba dito na malinis<\/em>? (Was there any clean election here?),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte was referring to the cases of late Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog, Sr., who was killed in a series of raids by the police last year.<\/p>\n<p>Also in August last year, he issued a shoot-to-kill order versus narco-politicians who resisted arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has given due and ample notice that the clear and present danger of drugs engulfing the nation will be addressed and law enforcers will neutralize those who resist or endanger the lives of arresting officers,\u201d then Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte gave the order after he visited a police chief who was in critical condition after sustaining two gunshot wounds in a drug operation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy flagyl online <a href=\"https:\/\/newnormalsamecancer.org\/where-to-go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/flagyl.html\">newnormalsamecancer.org\/where-to-go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/flagyl.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President\u2019s spokesperson said that President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s fight against narco-politics still needs more time for a victory. \u201c[In a] &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":124271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[14166,15359,48666,2444],"class_list":["post-157394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-ernesto-abella","tag-harry-roque","tag-reynaldo-parojinog-sr","tag-rodrigo-duterte","mauthors-bea-kirstein-t-manalaysay","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157394","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=157394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283643,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157394\/revisions\/283643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}