President Duterte Orders All Mayors To Crack Down Illegal Drugs In Their Cities, Municipalities

President Rodrigo Duterte orders Mayors from all over the country to crack down illegal drugs in their respective cities and municipalities.

Ayungon, Negros Oriental Mayor Edsel Enardecido, the President of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines, said President Duterte told the local officials to intensify their efforts against illegal drugs and use their intelligence funds.

“Kung magkakasala kayo in line with the campaign against illegal drugs, I am behind you. Kung matatanggal kayo, kung kakasuhan kayo, kung ma-convict kayo, inabswelto ko kaagad dito sa presidential pardon,” Enardecido said in Chino Gaston’s report on State of the Nation.

President Duterte on January 11, 2017 met with over a thousand Mayors to discuss his war on illegal drugs.

“PRRD’s renewed call for no-nonsense drive against narco-politics and his call for united stance against drugs,” Malolos City Mayor Christian Natividad said.

In a radio interview, Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar explained that the meeting was “very intimate” and “highly confidential.”

He later added that President Duterte did not reprimand the Mayors as reported in at least one newspaper.

“It’s not a confrontation. It's like a father who wants to talk to his children. Just like a Barangay Captain wanting to talk to all his Kagawad. You have the President, who is the leader of everything, Chief Executive, Commander-in-Chief. He is the head of everybody and he wanted to talk to the local government,” Andanar said.

Source: Newswatch