{"id":203126,"date":"2019-02-20T05:20:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T10:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=203126"},"modified":"2019-02-20T05:20:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T10:20:44","slug":"narco-list-will-help-voters-make-intelligent-choice-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/20\/narco-list-will-help-voters-make-intelligent-choice-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Narco-list will help voters make &#8216;intelligent choice&#8217;: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_197910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197910\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/46794914_769103936757994_4124778757334499328_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-197910\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/46794914_769103936757994_4124778757334499328_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/46794914_769103936757994_4124778757334499328_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/46794914_769103936757994_4124778757334499328_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/46794914_769103936757994_4124778757334499328_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/46794914_769103936757994_4124778757334499328_n-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-197910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He, however, emphasized the need for the responsible release of the narco-list as aggrieved politicians may sue for damages. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PresSpokespersonPH\/photos\/a.397841807217544\/769103916757996\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">File Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PresSpokespersonPH\/\">Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Malaca\u00f1ang on Wednesday said a proposal from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to release a list of politicians allegedly involved in illegal drugs will help voters make \u2018intelligent choice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As far as the Secretary of DILG is concerned there is a need to provide people with information\u00a0<em>para magkaroon sila ng<\/em>\u00a0(so that they will have an) intelligent choice,&#8221; Presidential Spokesperson and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said in an interview with reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo said President Rodrigo R. Duterte himself has released a list of government officials allegedly involved in illegal drugs before so there is no reason for him to oppose DILG Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o&#8217;s proposal.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, emphasized the need for the responsible release of the narco-list as aggrieved politicians may sue for damages.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Kailangan yung basis mo<\/em>\u00a0sufficient (Your basis needs to be sufficient).\u00a0<em>Ikaw magre-release, ikaw din babalikan<\/em>\u00a0(The ones who will release the list will be the one responsible for it).\u00a0<em>Ang ayaw niya<\/em>\u00a0(Duterte)\u00a0<em>magrerelease ka na wala namang<\/em>\u00a0basis (The President does not want any release without basis),&#8221; Panelo explained.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 18, DILG Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaysia reportedly said they are asking permission from the President to release a list of local government officials with alleged drug links ahead of the May 13 mid-term polls.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said the list currently includes 83 politicians.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign period for senatorial candidates and party-list groups started on Feb. 12 while that for the local post aspirants will kick off on March 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8211; Malaca\u00f1ang on Wednesday said a proposal from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to release a list &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":197910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ej-roque","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203126","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}