{"id":203016,"date":"2019-02-19T23:12:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T04:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=203016"},"modified":"2019-02-19T23:12:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T04:12:21","slug":"duterte-hits-trillanes-remark-on-drug-war-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/19\/duterte-hits-trillanes-remark-on-drug-war-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte hits Trillanes\u2019 remark on drug war deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earlier, Trillanes said Filipinos believe that there has been a decrease in the number of illegal drug users because most of them are dead. (File Photo<\/a>: Senate of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo R. Duterte<\/a> on Tuesday night castigated Senator Antonio Trillanes IV<\/a> for his remark that there are only fewer drug addicts in the country today because most of them were killed in the drug war.<\/p>\n

Duterte called Trillanes \u201cstupid\u201d for believing the international figures on drug war deaths instead of the \u201creal numbers\u201d released by the Philippine National Police (PNP).<\/p>\n

\u201cSome critic, a senator — a stupid senator — Trillanes said, \u2018Oh they are dead, there are no more (drug addicts) — because they are dead,\u2019\u201d he said in a speech during the 9th anniversary of the Mindanao Development Authority and 25th anniversary of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) in Davao City.<\/p>\n

Duterte said that Trillanes should go to the US since he preferred to trust the drug war figures released by human rights groups there.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou do not even know how to count. And you kowtow to the figures of foreigners. You go to America, Trillanes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Trillanes said Filipinos believe that there has been a decrease in the number of illegal drug users because most of them are dead.<\/p>\n

The lawmaker made this remark following a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that showed 66 percent of Filipinos believe the number of illegal drug users has decreased.<\/p>\n

PNP data showed that from July 1, 2016 to April 30, 2018, more than 4,000 have been killed in drug-related operations.<\/p>\n

New York-based Human Rights Watch has estimated that more than 12,000 suspected drug personalities were killed since the crackdown on illegal drugs was launched on July 1, 2016.<\/p>\n

Daughter\u2019s order<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duterte, meanwhile, slammed Trillanes for nitpicking on his recent weekend trip to Hong Kong to celebrate the birthday of his long-time partner Honeylet Avance\u00f1a on February 17.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou take on every issue. I go to Hong Kong to celebrate the birthday of my wife because that was the order of my daughter,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Trillanes, you are paying a public servant who was just there to nitpick (on) issues,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte quipped that he considers himself \u201cjust a sergeant\u201d while his partner and daughter were \u201cgenerals\u201d from whom he takes orders.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the order of my daughter, just like the order of the mayor here, I follow. If I\u2019m in front of them, I\u2019m just a sergeant. They are the generals. Really, it\u2019s very hard to deal with a daughter,\u201d he added, referring to Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte.<\/p>\n

He said it is difficult to win over a quarrel with women in his family because they would not settle for being told to keep quiet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe boys, well, they can take a tongue-lashing or shout \u2018Shut up.\u2019 But the girls, if they begin to quarrel with you, you cannot just say, \u2018Shut up,\u2019 because the mayor would also say, \u2018Ah you also shut up,\u2019\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDaughters are a special kind. They really control,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Trillanes earlier claimed that Duterte spent his weekend in Hong Kong to receive medical treatment and not for rest and recreation as Malaca\u00f1ang has stated.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, however, said that it would be impossible to hide getting medical treatment abroad because Filipino workers could easily find out eventually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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