Vice President Leni Robredo says she never called for an end to the drug war, but only urged the government to tweak its strategy.
ng pamahalaan kung tama pa ba ‘yungAng ibig sabihin ng[Translation: I said something else. If you review my interview, I said that the government should assess if they are still using correct strategies. Because if not, then we need to tweak it … Tweaking means we need to reform or change because it seems like they are doing things which are not working.]
Different government officials have given varying answers as to how many drug users are there in the country. Then DDB chief Dionisio Santiago told CNN Philippines in a 2017 interview that he would add two million more drug users who did not turn themselves in for rehabilitation, bloating the count toFormer national police chief and now Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa has said 1.6 million drug addicts have surrendered to the government since the start of its anti-drug campaign, but Duterte said these numbers only refer to those from Metro Manila who surrendered.
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