Abalos: “If you want to serve the country, one of the biggest problems is drugs. Maybe undergo a drug test. Show that you are ready to serve. I am calling out to all candidates.” /PDI
you want to serve the country, one of the biggest problems is drugs. Maybe undergo a drug test. Show that you are ready to serve. I am calling out to all candidates,” Abalos told reporters on Thursday. He made the dare after Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr.
, chief of the Philippine National Police, said they were monitoring at least 430 current barangay officials involved in illegal drugs who are also seeking another term. “Hopefully these personalities will change their minds and stop,” Acorda said, noting that most of the barangay officials allegedly involved in illegal drugs were from Western Visayas. —Dexter V. Cabalza
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