THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) should file cases against village officials involved in the drug trade instead of just naming them, a congressional leader said Sunday. Otherwise, that announcement will violate the constitutional right of our officials,” Barbers said in a radio interview over dzBB. But the next step should be the filing of appropriate charges,” Barbers said. Congress postponed the village polls in 2016 and 2017 on the request of President Duterte who wanted more time to get rid of drug suspects in the barangay (village) level. “The Duterte administration will be putting hundreds of people in danger if it released the names of barangay (village) officials it accuses of involvement in the illegal drugs trade.

Source: Manila Times April 29, 2018 08:03 UTC