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The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo relayed that
she is not happy to be used as a “scapegoat” of President Rodrigo Duterte’s
failed solemn promise of ending the illegal drugs in the country.
Earlier, the Chief Executive slammed Robredo for calling the
administration’s drug war a ‘failure’ and asked to reassess its policies.
Duterte later on challenged
the vice president to take over as drug czar to “ensure her effectiveness in
combatting the drug menace.”
“Pagka tinanggap ni Leni… If anything that has to do with
drugs and criminality, you ask her. Siya ang ilagay ko. Tingnan natin. Hindi na
ako makialam. Sabihin mo sa kanya tanggapin niya. Sisikat siya diyan. Hindi ko
nakayanan, baka kaya niya." Said Duterte
Meanwhile, Robredo’s
spokesman Atty. Barry Gutierrez, said that contrary to the President’s
claim that Robredo is all talk, the vice president actually reached out in 2016
to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and other concerned
agencies, including the Philippine National Police, and gave her inputs on how
to improve the efforts of the government in fighting the drug problems in the
country.
“As early as 2016,
VP Leni engaged with DILG and other agencies to give suggestions on how to
improve government efforts against illegal drugs. Her inputs were not acted on,
and the admin excluded her from further discussions soon after. “ Gutierrez said
“Handa naman laging
tumulong si VP Leni. Mula noon hanggang ngayon. Kung humihingi na ng saklolo
ang Pangulo sa usapin ng “drug war,” daanin lang sana sa maayos na usapan —
hindi sa text, hindi sa palabas sa media,” he said.
Gutierrez
reiterated that Robredo will not stand in being made as “scapegoat” for
something that Duterte admin could not achieve.
“What she will not
stand for is being made a scapegoat for all the shortcomings of the “drug war”
for the past three and a half years. This admin made the impossible promise to
end crime and drugs in six months, and if they are now being called to account
for their failure to deliver, they should not blame VP Leni for it,” Robredo’s
spokesman said
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