An exasperated President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday told his critics to “increase” their body count after he had ordered the Philippine National Police to rejoin his war on drugs. A day after ordering the PNP to actively support the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the war on drugs, Duterte said he hoped to “wipe out the scourge of drugs” within a year. Duterte slammed human rights groups for blaming “all killings” on him and the war on drugs. ‘Take Valium’Duterte also said human rights activists should “take Valium” to calm their nerves. “These human rights, give them medicine for them to calm down—Valium.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 07, 2017 22:52 UTC