The most famous campaign promise made by Duterte was that he would end crime and drugs and corruption within 3 to 6 months of being elected. How has that worked out?
January 17, 2016
I can do it!
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| http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/01/17/1543436/duterte-kill-me-if-i-dont-resolve-crimes-6-months |
April 14, 2016
Here's the plan.
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| http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2016/129520-rodrigo-duterte-anti-crime-plan |
September 18, 2016
Just a little more time please. Six more months?
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| http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2016/129520-rodrigo-duterte-anti-crime-plan |
January 31, 2017
Actually I need 5 more years.
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| http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/01/31/1667619/duterte-extends-drug-war-until-2022 |
August 9, 2017
Sorry, Po. I can't do it after all.
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I will never be able to do it. It's just not possible. The Philippines has a long coastline to watch over and thousands of islands to guard make it difficult to prevent the entry of illegal drugs.
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| http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/08/12/Duterte-war-on-drugs-cant-control-drug-problem.html |
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| http://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/duterte-prepares-filipinos-for-his-failure-solon-says/ar-AAq8gkB |
President Rodrigo Duterte's admission that the government cannot control the drug menace in the country is his way of preparing the Filipinos for his failure, an opposition lawmaker said on Tuesday.
"When the President said it would take more than six years to solve the drug problem, he's preparing the people of his failure, because that is an admission of failure that he could not solve the drug problem within his term," Albay Representative Edcel Lagman told reporters at a press conference.And that is how Duterte's most famous campaign promise, the one responsible for his winning the election, got flushed down the toilet.
Did anyone really think he was going to end drugs and crime and corruption within 3 to 6 months of becoming President? Does anyone really need to be prepared for his failure when his methods were wrought with so much madness and he ignored the advice of everyone?
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Lest anyone think this is truly an admission of defeat and failure please think again.
P.S.
Lest anyone think this is truly an admission of defeat and failure please think again.
Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said Duterte’s statement that he could not eliminate the drug problem within his term was only meant to show the “depth, enormity and the complexity” of the drug situation which cannot be solved overnight.
“The President’s remarks that the Philippines cannot control the drug problem underscore its depth, enormity and the complexity. PRRD’s statement further points out that the drug situation in the Philippines is a problem that cannot be solved overnight,” Abella said.
“The anti-drug campaign must thus, continue to be unrelenting and unremitting while getting everyone’s full support and cooperation,” he added.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/922881/house-of-representatives-president-rodrigo-duterte-war-on-drugs-edcel-lagman-gary-alejano-malacanang-ernesto-abella-martin-andanarIt can't be done but it must continue and it must be unrelenting and unremitting and more bodies must hit the floor. It's either hell of jail for drug suspects.
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