THE PHILIPPINE STAR'

WEDNESDAY I OCTOBER 30, 2O'I9

Bv HELEN FLoREs :;.' ,"qd,ru!

sire was not totajjv
rurdrry dgajnst rhe Lf,'""f:":"il'-i"ll,n::l*g
againsr the crilic who has -,:,^,:,\"
no aulhoritv.;
orugwa_r. But she asked rl.re,aa_ ;^^- ^_'_-,;- "',"!,
refused yesterday.ro dnswer [ffT:llli:_'y"x-
,^,Y:'^",u::1"":'::lo:0.':1: :;f;l]il,il;i
r.,hat
rhecampaign ;il:lffi:ii*":f.#:l:?:,il:
'.t-l?t1o'Ms.-
President Duterle's ]alesl tj- agarn5t na-rcotics. i,,rifl".,"i'r1"
' t.j;":"ilir"ri.rr"; ;";l;; bh" " n.rt"a."""t"a that de.t's challenge-"
*orla ?"ir'". fo.u, on "-o.e number or ai,rg:
the Lagman said Duterte ap-
urgent matlers tial draell on the counLry i""r&*o "';;;r'i; peared-tobe
,i"i"' of hi' faited wasfunghl'
drug war'
haids
- repeated insults.
hic Duterte assumed tj.re ore<iden-
"Now he is tossing the nar-
'i ion i \.^ ant to pay ,n""- '.y i''ioio H:;;""fi|;#il-
bon to ir becduse I dbn'r know ment's interse'dn-rg .rfi;;.
how seiious he is," Robredo Slre s.aid rh" [^, ::i:',f#t:"j: l"J Iff"?1:
said i1 arr intervier / in Bad! used ," u"l"e li"'r"UiJ"r'"1
;;tJ--; sairt
sard
argan.Iioilo. Duterte's tirr"a", ro, ti," puii Rally vS drUg waf
bn
Un Mor)da) ru8ht, Duterte
Monday night, LJuterte tlree
thlee vears.
years.
Member. of mililant pro
Rdbreio to
aileneed Robredo
chatenged be the
io.be.the -rio.
"From th ti..,"uuryri"rr,l',mon
,
adminisb-ahon s drug.chie{{or the reeeiving en j Lt pi"ri
,"ll""r?:;T"",:t"1il:flilt;
"t " acti\iLv in ironr (){ rho phiti-_
sixmonthsfollowinghercriti- dent'srrianliinsutt",,,rh"ruiJ ;j;;'it;il;;i;;,;'j:i;Kgl
*'),#;;"11fr"";.l$i.YJl";a
cism of his war on natcotics.
r't;'!] Leni'def,ended i'"aaq""tu'sutca*pc.u-"
"For me, the pressirig and uefencec in
ln.
I,Dutbrte's challenge
problem" fl !e I I,Dutbrte's
rortant p1obll-" eqgzqn Cify to protest the
imqortant I !e !!ilb.S: rgt
for thg
governmentls narcotics crack-
!;11qt ",-l',Io l":,:":-;::l vi." i,r"ria"r,t to t*";+"iir,'"
with by being sensitive'"d *;;;;;;;;,idil;;;-'"il'"'urr1,uh._a,"dmembers
insulfinp, others. It will b" dif- .ording ro Een._Leila"de Lima.
ficult Lo pick a fight (with the De iima believes that the ot Bdgong Alyansang Mak_
F.""ia""'ii it
"'
#i;Jtp;;- . p,J*'dilii: ffiil;#il; abavan (Bavan)' Karapatan
il"g trtt. t"^.r.r"g"j i"r-"ip, it .,. his.proposal.
i$"lll* , .-, Ir{una staged the
would be bestto look for solu.
tions.,,thevicepreridenrsaid
0,.i,:"3i#;::3,T#:r\i."i;iJ*ij,l9n:i,|5gil"rH
"Despite the limitations and ;;;;;t"tt uioui t y,, p-t _ as a fake drug war,_which has ,,
difficulties that arc being throrn'n
I L;;; rpr. resulted in the deaths of thou-
myway I fin{ways to serve. To but he fai1eb,,, she "r "il^i^tns
said. sands since president Duterte
glve attention to,d:rings that are De Lima said Du Lerte made assumecl office in 201o.
nol beneficial,I thhk is a waste trc Jutl"na" Lo nobredo a{Ler
Bnyan secrctary general Re-
of energ." she added. he tailed jrithe war on drugs. nato Reye\ sajd the drug prob_
In an interview withReulcr- niury n"p. rJ."i r-ug-in
iem wouid never be solved ror
last weele Robredo called on I defend6d Rtbredo u" 1i" ,"- :""'i'-::::"1"',:":::,tl:::::
as long as state securitv forces
Duterte to allow the united i 1:t-"1Tft-]Y::::-i".r':: tnat l':
ftesloent that
minded the President the
tne targetihe
.Nr^{^n. _",:l::^:-:::
:,1:,'-'-:: +^ *,",1 iI mmdect
j-r.^ori-.*- 1.::-,::^:
to t1Y",:",q-u-t: u,"
tarSet the poor.
'tulo": T," -il drug problem is a poverty and I wthtecille Suerte Feli-
on orugs. wrucn sne saro was . healfh.concern rather than d
pe, Delon porcaUa, Emmanuel
"obviousl; not working."
";i."-;#fi;;"6u-n&y r oolice issue. l
that t rupas
1 ,rnu is not the president,s ..
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