If drug dealers can do evil things, President Rodrigo Duterte says he, too, can do so and even go “down to hell” to meet them. | KAguilarINQ
The President, whose war against drugs has been heavily criticized, said “nothing will happen” if one fights evil with good.
“You destroy my country, I will have to tell you that you bring out the worst in me, the violent side of my persona,” Duterte said, addressing drug dealers. “Do not ever, ever think that you monopolize evil on this planet.” Even as he warned drug dealers, the President also claimed that drug use has decreased in the country.
“We have seen a lessening of the drugs in the Philippines. Sa Davao wala na, tingi-tingi, but sa ibang lugar, meron sa Manila but they are almost paralyzed because we have better intelligence now and it’s working,” Duterte said. Ending the drug trade was among the campaign promises of Duterte when he ran in 2016. The President admittedly said he did not know he would be fighting the government itself to address this issue.“Sabi ko I will end the problem of drugs in Manila or in the Philippines. I did not know that about six police generals were into drugs, either sila mismo or protecting the drug people. I did not know I was fighting my own government, I was fighting corruption sa customs at kung saan saan,” he said.
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