The police expected about a thousand, but only half of that number showed up when the Makati City government gathered for the first time the residents who had surrendered under the Oplan Tokhang campaign. Anthony Bagsik, head of an antidrug task group of the Makati police, the overall figures culled from the city’s 26 barangays put the number of surrenderers at 1,167. (The Makati police earlier said they had been unable to take Tokhang to the city’s upscale subdivisions after receiving “certifications” from their village officials that there were no drug suspects among their residents.) Bagsik, however, clarified that those who had yet to surrender under Oplan Tokhang were “invited” to do so at the event. Despite the lower-than-expected turnout, Makati Mayor Abby Binay administered the Panunumpa ng Pagbabago—“Oath of Reformation”—to those present.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 20, 2016 20:48 UTC