President Rodrigo Duterte admitted in his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) that illegal drugs and corruption remain a problem despite government reforms.
“While we were busy instituting reforms between ogres of illegal drugs and corruption laid low for a while only to resurface as still with us and make no mistake about it,” said Duterte.
Duterte also said that when he said that illegal drugs would be suppressed within six months, he thought it was just like Davao.
“When I first said I would fight drugs in six months, I thought it was like in Davao. You can either coerce, intimidate or bribe them or give them money, I said, ‘Lumabas kayo ng Davao, doon kayo magkalat sa Luzon, ‘wag dito sa Davao…Naniwala naman ang mga ul*l,” said Duterte.
He said it hurts inside that his government is the one he is fighting against because the importation of drugs is happening at Customs.
Drugs, corruption still a problem – Duterte
“Kaya ‘yan ang masakit sa loob ko. I did not know that I was fighting my own government. Customs and everyone else was facilitating the importation of drugs. And one importation, as you can see it every night on TV, the police now seize about almost a billion worth of drugs everyday,” said Duterte.
Meanwhile, Duterte said some people had been charged with corruption, and some of them have been jailed for not telling the truth in the statement of assets and liabilities.
He also said that thousands are arrested every day for illegal drugs, and until now, they are still here and importing illegal drugs.
“And if you look at the [8888], there are about a thousand Filipinos arrested every day by the police in connection with drug trafficking. And that is why I go crazy looking at the situation. They are still around. We do not have the laboratories now because nawala na sila at itong naiwan ngayon are doing the importation,” said Duterte.
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