Aguirre: EWS DOJ Execs, Employees To Undergo Random Drug Tests

Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II, called a part of the agency's efforts to aid President Rodrigo Duterte's war on illegal narcotics by calling a random drug tests to all officials and employees of the Department of Justice (DOJ).

During the Department of Justice (DOJ'S) 119th anniversary celebration, Aguirre called out employees of the DOJ for their cooperation. "We cannot prosecute if we ourselves are tainted by the very drugs we seek to eradicate"

"This is part of our efforts to support the President’s war on drugs. We cannot clean the houses of our countrymen, if our own house is not clean and not in order," Aguirre said. "Only by clean hands and souls can we rightfully prosecute others." He added.

President Rodrigo Duterte has been garnering criticisms for his anti-drug war campaign, specifically of the unexplained killings or extra judicial killings of suspected drug personalities since he seated at the presidential seat last June 30.

During the weekend, Perfecto Yasay, Foreign Affairs Secretary claimed to the world in one of his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York to not interfere in the Philippines anti-drug war even the President invited the UN and the European Union to probe the bloody war.

Earlier, Aguirre stated that the government's war on illegal drugs was a success.

700,000 drug users and pusher who have surrendered was noted by a Cabinet official, the arrest of drug dealers and the downward trend in the crime rate.

Source: GMA