Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos mentioned Saturday there can be no sacred cows within the Marcos administration’s marketing campaign in opposition to unlawful medication.
“For the next coming days, I assure you ganun ang ating approach, madugo ito, madugo [pero] hindi yung mamamatay ha,” Abalos mentioned in the course of the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City.
(For the following coming days, I guarantee you our strategy will probably be bloody however not lethal.)
“Madugo dahil maraming makukulong at hindi natin sasantuhin maski sino pa itong mga taong ito. Kahit kabaro pa rito, pulis ka o kung sino ka man o PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) ka o sino ka man, talagang huli ka dito,” he added.
(There will probably be bloodshed as a result of many individuals will probably be locked up and we cannot have any sacred cows. You will probably be taken into custody whether or not you’re a colleague, a police officer, or PDEA agent.)
Last month, the Marcos administration launched the “Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan” or BIDA program, which seeks to combat the drug drawback via demand discount and rehabilitation of individuals who use unlawful medication.
In an announcement on Thursday, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomed the federal government’s new technique whereas additionally calling for an investigation into claims of abuses by the authorities.
“Genuine reform and policy shift also necessitate ascertaining [the] accountability of all perpetrators, including police personnel and liable officials, who are allegedly involved in killings related to the drug campaign in the previous and current administrations,” the CHR mentioned.
“Parallel, sustained efforts in resolving the thousands of drug-related killings will demonstrate the government’s seriousness in giving justice to victims and curbing impunity.”
According to the DILG, since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assumed workplace in June, 22,646 drug personalities have been arrested in 18,505 anti-illegal drug operations carried out by the Philippine National Police nationwide.
The PNP confiscated varied unlawful medication valued at P9.7 billion in the course of the operations, the DILG added. — VBL, GMA Integrated News
