PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s words of strong support for the Philippine National Police (PNP) “[are]not [a]license for it to go on a killing spree,” a senator said on Friday. Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito was reacting to the President’s decision to return the PNP to the drug war after he expressed dissatisfaction over the conduct of the campaign by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Opposition Sen. Risa Hontiveros said: “Returning the anti-drug campaign to an unreformed PNP is a slide back into the nightmare of Tokhang. “This is his administration and its declared policy is the all out war against drugs. “I just remind all concerned to conduct the all-out war against drugs in accordance with law,” Pimentel said.

Source: Manila Times November 24, 2017 16:07 UTC