
Duterte wants successor to continue deadly drug war: ‘Kahit a little lower than my standard’
President Rodrigo Duterte wished that the next president will continue his administration’s campaign against illegal drugs.
President Rodrigo Duterte wished that the next president will continue his administration’s campaign against illegal drugs.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Tuesday (Jan. 25) that he has asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to hurry up with its evaluation of drug war killings.
Malacañang on Tuesday defended the government’s anti-narcotics campaign following the claim of Senator Panfilo Lacson that the war on drugs was a failure.
Former Defense Secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro is not in favor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) probing the country’s affairs, including the controversial war on drugs.
President Rodrigo Duterte praised the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for their sustained anti-narcotics operations in the country.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Wednesday (Nov. 24) the Department of Justice (DOJ) is prepared to provide the International Criminal Court (ICC) with proof of government actions against law enforcement violations including killings committed during the drug war.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Monday urged families of drug war victims to file complaints against law enforcement before the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Senatorial aspirant Chel Diokno has joined calls for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to continue its investigation over alleged crimes against humanity committed during the drug war.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to eventually resume its investigation into the bloody war on drugs launched by the Duterte administration, according to a senatorial aspirant.
By President Rodrigo Duterte’s own admission, his war on illegal drugs has failed as he miscalculated the enormity of the problem and made the wrong assumptions, Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said.