Local Government Units should shape up, it seems the
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año ain’t
gonna miss anything during his watch as head of the DILG.
Just recently the DILG filed a complaint against 45 mayors
before the Office of the Ombudsman for their alleged failure or refusal to
create Anti-Illegal Drugs Abuse Council (ADAC) in their specific areas.
The local governments in the barangay, municipal, and
provincial levels are mandated to convene their ADACs to address first-hand
drug issues in areas of their jurisdiction.
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| (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año (photo credit to PNA) |
DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said the first batch
of complaint for the 20 mayors was filed last March 14, for the next 25 was
only this week.
“Despite several directives from the DILG and the Dangerous
Drugs Board (DDB), the concerned mayors still failed or refused to comply with
the said orders and their towns are among those that are without an organized
and functional ADAC,” Año said.
Of the 45 mayors, 15 are in the Bicol region, particularly in
Albay, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Masbate, and Sorsogon provinces.
7 are in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
(BARMM), specifically in Basilan, Tawi-Tawi, and Lanao del Sur provinces.
5 are from Abra and Ifugao provinces, and 5 from Palawan
province.
In Central Visayas, 4 mayors are in Cebu province. In Caraga,
all 3 mayors are from Agusan del Norte province. There are 3 in Calabarzon --
from Laguna and Quezon provinces; 2 in Cagayan Valley – 1 in Cagayan and 1 in
Nueva Vizcaya; and 1 in Eastern Samar province.
The DILG has plans to institutionalize the ADAC program by
asking the help of Congress to pass a legislation on it.
Año said the government’s war on drugs is a “whole-of –government
approach” and can only be won only when everyone “chips in” in their contribution.
The local governments in the barangay, municipal, and
provincial levels are mandated to convene their ADACs to address first-hand
drug issues in areas of their jurisdiction.
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