The country’s former top public official was VERA Files’ most fact-checked personality since 2016. He was named the “most fact-checked figure” in 2018 and the top purveyor of disinformation on COVID-19 among government officials in 2020.
The Marcos administration has revamped the government’s anti-drug campaign in a bid to focus on demand reduction and rehabilitation of users, as opposed to the all-out war that led to the death of thousands of Filipinos in the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.
Binago ng administrasyong Marcos ang kampanya laban sa droga ng gobyerno para pagtuunan ng pansin ang pagbabawas ng demand at rehabilitasyon ng mga user, taliwas sa all-out war na humantong sa pagkamatay ng libu-libong Pilipino sa war on drugs ng administrasyong Duterte.
In a span of four years, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa went from supporting the death penalty for all illegal drug offenders as director-general of the Bureau of Corrections to proposing rehabilitation for users. Now, the former Philippine National Police chief says he has “second thoughts” about his own measure.
Sa loob ng apat na taon, nagbago ang pananaw ni Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa tungkol sa pagtrato sa mga illegal drug offender. Bilang director-general ng Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), sinuportahan niya ang parusang kamatayan para sa lahat ng mga nagkasala kaugnay ng ilegal na droga hanggang kanyang iminungkahi ang rehabilitasyon para sa mga gumagamit. Ngayon, sinabi ng dating Philippine National Police (PNP) chief na “nagdadalawang isip” siya tungkol sa sarili niyang panukala.
Maging oportunidad sana itong kalbaryo ng pamilyang Remulla para suriin ang problema ng droga sa bansa at magkaroon ng mas kumprehensibong solusyon.
Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, the chief implementer of the controversial war on drugs during the Duterte administration, claimed without citing proof that no crimes against humanity occurred in the government’s anti-drug campaign.
Walang binabanggit na patunay, iginiit ni Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, ang punong tagapagpatupad ng kontrobersyal na digmaan laban sa droga noong administrasyong Duterte, na walang krimen laban sa sangkatauhan ang naganap sa kampanya kontra droga ng gobyerno.
The Philippine government has failed to convince International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan that it has been conducting an adequate probe on alleged crimes against humanity related to the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. %
Top Malacañang officials blasted the International Criminal Court (ICC) for violating the country’s “sovereignty” after it greenlighted the launch of a full-blown investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial “war on drugs.”
