SONA 2023 PROMISE TRACKER: DRUGS AND CRIME
In his 2023 SONA, President Ferdinand Marcos said he will continue the previous administration’s campaign against illegal drugs.
In his 2023 SONA, President Ferdinand Marcos said he will continue the previous administration’s campaign against illegal drugs.
A fake advisory first posted nine years ago purportedly issued by the Philippine National Police was reshared by netizens this month.
To eradicate illegal drugs in three to six months and to lower criminality was a campaign promise, and became the centerpiece of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration. Entering the second half of his presidency, he has repeatedly promised this in all of his three State of the Nation Addresses. It is a promise still in progress.
SONA 2017 promises on drugs and crime
For President Rodrigo Duterte, the law is to be blamed for the number of children out on the streets committing crime.