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Duterte’s next exposé: Politicians with drug links
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New Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the troops during the Change-of-Command ceremony for incoming Armed Forces chief Gen. Ricardo Visaya Friday, July 1, 2016, at Camp Aguinaldo in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. Duterte won over four other candidates in the May 9 elections to become the 16th President of the Philippine Republic. (AP/Bullit Marquez)
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e is not yet done. After naming generals and drug lords, President Rodrigo Duterte will soon name local chief executives who have drug links.
“I will not allow these idiots to run their show, not during my watch.”
With that stern warning, President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday evening said he will soon name the mayors and politicians involved in the illegal drug trade.
In a televised press briefing on state-run PTV4, Duterte showed a chart with the names of various local executives with links to drug lords and traffickers
“Many of the mayors here, they’re running the show,” he said, citing intelligence information.
He said some of the mayors were from Mindanao, including a woman local executive.
But the president said he was told by “intel people” not to disclose yet the names of the mayors.
He advised politicians and individuals involved in the drug trade to “commit suicide” because they were humiliating the government and the people.
“These drug people are really disrespecting us. They’re destroying the country. They’re destroying the youth of the land so my appeal to them is, since they are beyond their redemption, they can stop and commit suicide because I will not allow these idiots to run their show; not during my watch,” he said.
Duterte identified the “top tier” drug lords in the country as Wu Tuan alias Peter Co, Peter Lim alias Jaguar and Herbert Colangco alias Ampang.
He said Colangco is the son-in-law of Ozamiz City Mayor Aldong Parajinog.
The president said Colangco was “connected with” Richard King who was killed in Davao City in June 2014.
Colangco was among the Bilibid 19, a group of drug convicts living a luxurious lifestyle inside the national penitentiary.
Duterte also accused retired Deputy General Marcelo Garbo of protecting drug lords and traffickers in the country.
