Vice
President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo has graded the ongoing illegal drug
policy of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, and the grade she gave the latter is
1/100.
The
Vice President claims as per the documents she reviewed that the government
only seized one percent of the shabu which entered the country over the past
three years.
In
the press conference specifically called for by Robredo she shared to the
public her key findings from 18-day stint as the drug czar of the country and co-chairperson
of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD).
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| VP Leni Robredo (photo credit to OVP) |
As per the 40 page report, Robredo said an estimated P1.3
trillion of shabu is circulated around the country yearly.
However, government data also showed that authorities only
seized 1,053 kilos of shabu in 2017 and 785 kilos of shabu in 2018, translating
to one percent of the illegal drugs supply in the country.
The Anti-Money Laundering Council, meanwhile, only froze some
P1.4 billion in assets linked to the illegal drug trade between 2017 and 2018.
“Malinaw na malinaw, na ayon mismo sa opisyal na datos, sa
kabila ng lahat ng Pilipinong pinatay, at lahat ng perang ginasta, hindi
lumampas sa isang porsiyento ang naipit natin sa supply ng shabu at sa perang
kinita mula sa droga,” Robredo said.
“Isipin na lang natin, kung exam ito, ang magiging score ng
ating pamahalaan ay 1 over 100,” she added.
Failed strategy
From
the culled records, the Vice President said there is a need to change strategy
and that “Tokhang” is clearly not the solution to stop the illegal drug trade.
“Imbes
na habulin o patayin ang nagbebenta sa kanto, kailangan tugisin ang
pinanggagalingan ng droga—ang mga malalaking drug lords. Sila ang tunay na
kalaban, hindi ang ordinaryong mamamayan,” the Vice President said.
Robredo
also took note of the different or inconsistent data recording/ gathering among
the different agencies involved in the drug war, like for example in the number
of illegal drug users and pushers.
“Kung
kalat ang datos, kalat ang kampanya. Hindi natin masusukat kung gumagana ang
ating mga programa. Hindi natin masasabi kung nagtatagumpay ba tayo,” Robredo
said
.
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