Manila Bulletin
Robredo camp calls for cooperation for success of drug war; spokesman pleads for a stop in premature-bashing
Robredo camp calls for cooperation for success of drug war; spokesman pleads for a stop in premature-bashing
Robredo camp calls for cooperation for success of drug war; spokesman pleads for a stop in premature-bashing
Published Nov 11, 2019 05:46 pm
By Raymund Antonio
Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday called for cooperation among government officials for the success of the anti-illegal drugs campaign.
Atty. Barry Gutierrez
(FACEBOOK / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Kailangan ng buong gobyernong magtulungan sa kampanya laban sa iligal na droga," Vice presidential spokesman Barry Gutierrez said. (The entire government needs to help each other in the fight against illegal drugs.) Gutierrez made this call after House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said Robredo started "on the wrong mouth” as the co-chairperson of the Inter-agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD). "I've been monitorinng the last three days and parang from Operation Tokhang, naging Operation All Talk," the lawmaker told CNN Philippines. Robredo's spokesperson said Cayetano should refrain from attacking the Vice President since she just assumed the ICAD post. "Kung hindi magawang tumulong ni Speaker Cayetano sa ginagawang trabaho ni VP, kahit man lang umiwas muna siya sa paninira," he said. (If Speaker Cayetano will not be able to help VP in her job, he should just refrain from maligning her.) “The Vice President has just started with her job that was passed on to her by the President. She has not even been in office for a week,” he noted. Failure to do so, Gutierrez warned the infighting would be beneficial to the drug dealers. "Kung ganito pa lang kaaga mag-aaway-away na tayo, ang mga drug lords lang ang matutuwa," he said. (If as early as now, we are already fighting, it's only the drug lords who will be happy.) The Vice President on Monday met with the core group of Community-based Drug Rehabilitation Alliance (COBRA) and representatives of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in the Philippines as she leads the government's anti-drug campaign. COBRA is a multi-sectoral group, composed of faith-based organizations, academe, and civil society, of which Robredo's office has been a part of since 2016. It works towards people-centered, humane, and evidence-based solutions to the drug problem. Robredo said they would come up with "concrete proposals" for a community-based approach in addressing the drug problem in partnership with government agencies.
Atty. Barry Gutierrez(FACEBOOK / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Kailangan ng buong gobyernong magtulungan sa kampanya laban sa iligal na droga," Vice presidential spokesman Barry Gutierrez said. (The entire government needs to help each other in the fight against illegal drugs.) Gutierrez made this call after House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said Robredo started "on the wrong mouth” as the co-chairperson of the Inter-agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD). "I've been monitorinng the last three days and parang from Operation Tokhang, naging Operation All Talk," the lawmaker told CNN Philippines. Robredo's spokesperson said Cayetano should refrain from attacking the Vice President since she just assumed the ICAD post. "Kung hindi magawang tumulong ni Speaker Cayetano sa ginagawang trabaho ni VP, kahit man lang umiwas muna siya sa paninira," he said. (If Speaker Cayetano will not be able to help VP in her job, he should just refrain from maligning her.) “The Vice President has just started with her job that was passed on to her by the President. She has not even been in office for a week,” he noted. Failure to do so, Gutierrez warned the infighting would be beneficial to the drug dealers. "Kung ganito pa lang kaaga mag-aaway-away na tayo, ang mga drug lords lang ang matutuwa," he said. (If as early as now, we are already fighting, it's only the drug lords who will be happy.) The Vice President on Monday met with the core group of Community-based Drug Rehabilitation Alliance (COBRA) and representatives of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in the Philippines as she leads the government's anti-drug campaign. COBRA is a multi-sectoral group, composed of faith-based organizations, academe, and civil society, of which Robredo's office has been a part of since 2016. It works towards people-centered, humane, and evidence-based solutions to the drug problem. Robredo said they would come up with "concrete proposals" for a community-based approach in addressing the drug problem in partnership with government agencies.