CATARMAN, CAMIGUIN — There are now three million drug addicts in the Philippines.There was deafening silence when Mayor Rodrigo Duterte made this revelation during a federalism forum in BaangayBorbon, Catarman Sunday afternoon.
“If you have three million addicts, it means that you have at least 30,000 drug pushers,” Duterte told his stunned audience in Cebua-no.
The mayor added that considering this number, it will have to be bloody to win the war.
He did not reveal the source of his information but it is widely known that Duterte keeps a close tab on developments not only in the worsening drug situation but all forms of criminality.
Duterte is passionate in his concern over the proliferation of illegal drugs which is one
of the main points he raises in all his speaking engagements
When asked for his reaction to the last state of the nation address of Pres. Benigno Aquino III, Du-terte lamented that there was no mention of the problem of illegal drugs.
“I supposed he was not given the information about the drug problem. It was only a month ago that the Manila Police revealed that nine out of 10 youth are influenced by drugs.
That is dangerous, it involves national security,” the mayor said in his reaction.
Duterte has pointed to the enormity of the drug problem as one of the reasons why he is hedging on a presidential bid.
The tough-talking mayor does not mince words when it comes to drugs.
“I told you, when you come to my city and sell drugs, I will really kill you,” he told his audience of local officials, teachers and ordinary folk inside the covered court in Bonbon. (chito a. fuentes)
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