“Your war on drugs
has failed.”
Liberal Party backed
Otso Diretso had a field day in attacking one of the policy of President Rodrigo
Roa Duterte through a televised senatorial debate.
CNN Philippines
senatorial debates was the vehicle for Former Philippine National Police Chief
and Bureau of Corrections director Ronaldo “Bato” dela Rosa, to take all the
heat when Otso Diretso ‘ganged up” on him headed by former Solicitor General
Florin Hilbay when he said to the former that the war on drugs has failed.
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| Otso Diretso senatorial candidate Florin Hilbay and PDP-Laban's Ronaldo "Bato" dela Rosa (photo credit to owner) |
The CNN host were
asked about the Duterte administration’s war on illegal drugs, to which former
Solicitor General Hilbay saying the President himself had acknowledged that the
country's drug problem is worsening.
"Walang problema ang
Pilipino sa war on drugs. Ang problema ng Pilipino ang walang saysay na
patayan," Hilbay, a former solicitor general,during the administration of
Benigno Aquino III said in CNN Philippines' senatorial debate.
"Pagkatapos
ng maraming patayan, ang problema ng droga mas malaki pa ngayon. Your war on
drugs has failed."
Other Otso Diretso
senatorial candidates took upon the chance to pounce on the former PNP Chief
who was the first who piloted the war on drugs by President Duterte.
- Chel
Diokno said authorities should focus on drug lords instead of small-time drug
pushers.
"We
have to be certain those who are doing this are punished. Ba't di nila
binubuksan ang mga bank account ng mga drug lord na 'yan. Alam ng pamahalaan
kung sino 'yang mga 'yan, ang problema takot," he said.
- Maranao civic leader
Samira Gutoc, meanwhile, told Dela Rosa that government should instead fund its
drug-prevention programs.
"Ang
problema ang drug prevention program nabigyan ba natin ng budget? Nauna tayo sa
killing before ng prevention. Bago ka sumawsaw sa war on drugs, sawsawan mo
muna yung strengthening the pillars of justice system," she said.
Dela
Rosa earlier had to reason out that the country has a long way to in solving
the drug menace, but that the administration's drug war has helped a lot in
clearing the streets with illegal drugs.
"Ikompara
mo sa previous na administrasyon, malaki na po ang deperensiya. Nitong panahon
ni Duterte ang droga imported galing sa China. Pero nung panahon ng ibang
presidente, ang droga hindi iniimport, dito mismo ginagawa sa Pilipinas,"
he said.
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