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'Hindi tama': Ex-President Duterte rejects calls to become drug czar under Marcos

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Former President Rodrigo Duterte listens to successor President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. after the departure honors at the Malacanang Palace on June 30, 2022. File/King Rodriguez, Presidential Photo" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/02/20/20220630-duterte-departure-honors-mnib-61.jpg"/><figcaption>Former President Rodrigo Duterte listens to successor President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. after the departure honors at the Malacanang Palace on June 30, 2022. <em>File/King Rodriguez, Presidential Photo</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Former President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday night rejected calls for him to become a drug czar under the Marcos administration, saying he wants to give way for the current leadership to address the country&#x27;s drug problem. </p><p>Senators Ronald Dela Rosa and Christopher &quot;Bong&quot; Go — close allies of the former Chief Executive — earlier proposed the idea so drug syndicates could be reduced. </p><p>For his part, Police Chief Benjamin Acorda, Jr. during a Senate committee hearing last week said he would support the move. </p><p>But Duterte, who is facing a possible probe before the International Criminal Court over his drug war killings, said he was not considering it. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/15/23/ph-appeals-resumption-of-icc-probe-into-drug-war-killings">PH appeals resumption of ICC probe into drug war killings</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Mukhang hindi na rin tama because there is a President duly elected and it is his duty to enforce the law and solve crimes,&quot; Duterte told Pastor Apollo Quiboloy in his TV program. </p><p>&quot;Let us give Marcos the greatest elbow room leeway to do his job in just one year. In fairness sa mga pulis, &#x27;yan ang problema... It&#x27;s a matter of leadership,&quot; he added. </p><p>Marcos, when he was still president-elect last year, said he was <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/26/22/if-he-wants-bongbong-ok-if-duterte-becomes-drug-czar" target="_blank">open to the idea</a> of having his predecessor lead the country&#x27;s drug fight. </p><p>Duterte, he said, requested him to continue his drug war even if it becomes modified.</p><p>Government data showed that 6,181 people were killed in Duterte&#x27;s war on drugs but human rights groups have questioned the figure, claiming that up to 30,000 may have been killed, including bystanders and innocent civilians.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/28/23/marcos-ph-to-disengage-from-any-contact-with-icc">Marcos: PH to &#x27;disengage from any contact&#x27; with ICC after rejection of appeal to suspend probe</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/28/23/icc-rejects-philippine-bid-to-suspend-drug-war-probe">ICC appeals chamber rejects Philippines&#x27; bid to suspend drug war investigation</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A24lE4jTQcU?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

'Mukhang hindi na rin tama because there is a President duly elected,' said Duterte. 

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'Hindi tama': Ex-President Duterte rejects calls to become drug czar under Marcos

Job Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jun 01, 2023 04:39 AM PHT

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