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MALACAÑANG — President
Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Tuesday, November 6, announced that he would
issue a memorandum circular directing the entire government machinery to
mobilize its assets to take an active role in the government’s
anti-illegal drug campaign.
During his lecture to the Cabinet
Members at the Aguinaldo State Dining Room, the Chief Executive narrated
the correlation of the two notorious predicaments the country are
facing – drugs and corruption via “illegal drug trade.”
“What we have is the moving forward to
eradicate illegal drug trade, activate a national anti-illegal drug task
force,” he said.
The task force will be composed of the
personnel from the Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the
Philippines, Bureau of Customs, Philippine Coast Guard, and other
agencies of the government.
“It can provide a necessary personal
compliment to carry out the directive of the President to the Bureau of
Customs to block the flow of illegal drugs in this country,” he cited.
The President reiterated that drug-trade is a “national security threat” because ‘shabu’ enters the country almost every day.
He added that port areas’ vulnerability to corruption could allow dangerous cargoes to enter the country as well.
“Ang ating pantalan is a big gap. Not
only am I worried about drugs but it is really so big as to accommodate
all dangerous things — chemicals and all,” he noted.
“It could ship a bomb there, TNT, and
for all you know, nobody really cares or because he does not know or
because there is somebody bribing him to have the cargo just slip by.
We’d never know how much corruption and to what extent would be the
dimension of the danger of this country,” he added.
“Iyan ang problema. There is trouble
outside the pantalan because ang pantalan mismo nagpapapasok. And that
is part of the law and order situation. It has nothing to do with
designation or appointment of any person. I’m just trying to control
crime,” he said.
President Duterte then stood firm with
his decision that positioning stern military men in customs would
alleviate the drug trade problem and corruption inside the bureau.
“Now, sabi nila na it violates the
constitution and the operative words there are the prohibition of
appointment or designation. When I called in the Army to help the Bureau
of Customs, there was no designation, there was no appointment, and
there was never an instruction for them to take over the functions of
the employee,” the President said.
“So ang ginawa ko is just really to
order them on floating status. But that was a particular order directed
for chiefs of offices and section chiefs. Iyong mga assistant nila ang
magta-trabaho,” he continued. ###PND
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