{"id":177769,"date":"2018-08-20T05:23:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T09:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=177769"},"modified":"2025-01-10T09:10:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T14:10:27","slug":"malacanang-dares-naga-execs-prove-shabu-hotbed-tag-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/20\/malacanang-dares-naga-execs-prove-shabu-hotbed-tag-false\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaca\u00f1ang dares Naga execs to prove \u2018shabu hotbed\u2019 tag is false"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThe President doesn\u2019t have to do that (prove it). He already has access to information. He said it, let it be. If he is wrong, he will apologize.<\/p>\n
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Until he does, he stands by it,\u201d Roque said in a Palace briefing. (TOTO LOZANO\/PRESIDENTIAL FILE PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— If Naga City is not a hotbed of shabu (crystal meth), then city officials should prove it.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday made this challenge as he called on Naga City officials to be less \u201conion-skinned\u201d and instead boost their efforts to eliminate illegal drugs in their city.<\/p>\n

Last August 14, President Rodrigo R. Duterte said he believed Vice President Leni Robredo could \u201cnot improve on anything,\u201d citing her hometown as \u201ca hotbed of shabu.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can ask the hotbed of shabu in the past years. I would not mention the name kasi (because) — it was Naga City,\u201d Duterte said during the launch of the Go Negosyo’s “Pilipinas Angat Lahat” Program in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/p>\n

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Roque reiterated that the President has \u201caccess to all available information that only a President has access to\u201d and did not need to prove it. However, he said Duterte will only apologize once proven wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President doesn\u2019t have to do that (prove it). He already has access to information. He said it, let it be. If he is wrong, he will apologize. Until he does, he stands by it,\u201d Roque said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

Roque pointed out that Naga City officials should view Duterte\u2019s remark as \u201cconstructive criticism.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKung sa tingin nila mali ang Presidente, hindi hotbed of shabu ang Naga, patunayan nila. Labanan nila yung mga nagbebenta ng droga sa Naga<\/em>\u00a0(If they think that the President is wrong, that Naga is not a hotbed of shabu, they should prove it. They should arrest those selling drugs in Naga),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatunayan nilang hindi talaga hotbed of shabu, na shabu-free ang kanilang bayan<\/em>\u00a0(They should prove that they\u2019re really not a hotbed of shabu, that their city is drug-free.) It should be constructive particularly on the part of public officers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Roque further said Naga City officials should not take offense to Duterte\u2019s remark if it were false.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung talagang hindi siya hotbed for shabu, well, e di hindi siya hotbed ng shabu. Dapat \u2018wag sila masyadong masaktan dahil alam nila ang katotohanan<\/em>\u00a0(If it\u2019s not a hotbed of shabu, well, then it\u2019s not. They shouldn\u2019t get hurt if they know the truth),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFocus on energies in combating the drug menace.\u00a0Di na dapat pinag-aaksayahan ng government resources, ng pagod, ng panahon ‘yung mga ganyang statement<\/em>\u00a0(We shouldn\u2019t waste government resources, effort, time, on statements like that),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Department of the Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Eduardo A\u00f1o said the agency is still validating information bared by Duterte.<\/p>\n

Robredo as well as Naga City officials earlier cried foul over Duterte\u2019s \u201chotbed of shabu\u201d tag. The Naga City Council has also passed a resolution condemning his remark.<\/p>\n

Reports showed that Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Southern Luzon Director Christian Frivaldo has claimed that Manila\u2019s drug situation is worse than Naga City.<\/p>\n

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Naga City Mayor John Bongat, meanwhile, denied that his city was \u201cnot doing anything\u201d to put a stop to the illegal drug trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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