Duterte turns down drug czar post under Marcos gov't: Palace
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Duterte turns down drug czar post under Marcos gov't: Palace
Job Manahan,
ABS-CBN News
Published Jun 21, 2022 05:50 PM PHT
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Updated Jun 21, 2022 06:49 PM PHT

MANILA — Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte has declined serving as the drug czar of his successor President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., Malacañang said on Tuesday.
MANILA — Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte has declined serving as the drug czar of his successor President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., Malacañang said on Tuesday.
"The last offer that I saw was to head the, to become the drug czar. Pero tinanggihan niya na iyon eh," acting Palace spokesperson Martin Andanar said, when asked if the incoming administration had standing offers to Duterte.
"The last offer that I saw was to head the, to become the drug czar. Pero tinanggihan niya na iyon eh," acting Palace spokesperson Martin Andanar said, when asked if the incoming administration had standing offers to Duterte.
"Iyon ang lumabas sa pahayagan," he told reporters.
"Iyon ang lumabas sa pahayagan," he told reporters.
(The last offer that I saw was to become the drug czar. But he turned it down. That's what appeared in the newspapers.)
(The last offer that I saw was to become the drug czar. But he turned it down. That's what appeared in the newspapers.)
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Marcos in late May said he was open to including Duterte, the father of his running-mate Vice President-elect Sara Duterte, in his Cabinet as drug czar.
Marcos in late May said he was open to including Duterte, the father of his running-mate Vice President-elect Sara Duterte, in his Cabinet as drug czar.
"We have not talked about it. But I am open to anyone who is able to help in the government so matagal na kaming magkaibigan ni PRRD, noong mayor pa siya long long time ago," he said.
"We have not talked about it. But I am open to anyone who is able to help in the government so matagal na kaming magkaibigan ni PRRD, noong mayor pa siya long long time ago," he said.
(We are longtime friends, even when he was still a mayor.)
(We are longtime friends, even when he was still a mayor.)
Duterte's narcotics crackdown has killed thousands of drug peddlers and users, and is the subject of a probe by the International Criminal Court. The inquiry on alleged crimes against humanity was suspended last year as the tribunal assessed the Philippine government's deferral request.
Duterte's narcotics crackdown has killed thousands of drug peddlers and users, and is the subject of a probe by the International Criminal Court. The inquiry on alleged crimes against humanity was suspended last year as the tribunal assessed the Philippine government's deferral request.
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