'Maliliit yung mga natamaan': Garin airs view on Duterte's bloody drug war

Manila Bulletin

House Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin said that former president Rodrigo Duterte's war on illegal drugs--while well-meaning--ended up adversely affecting poor Filipinos.   Garin gave this assessment even as she compared the previous administration's war on drugs and criminality that of incumbent President Marcos'.   READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/3/20/maliliit-yung-mga-natamaan-garin-airs-view-on-duterte-s-bloody-drug-war  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00 We congratulate the administration of PBBM for the bloodless campaign on implementing laws.

00:08 While the former president probably had his goals,

00:14 his intentions were good,

00:19 the problem with seeing children or teenagers or people being killed right and left,

00:27 the ones wrapped in tapes,

00:30 it's a bad picture that was shown in the Philippines.

00:35 So there are, well the intention of the former president is to curb drug abuse.

00:43 You can see that the victims are small.

00:47 And the most painful thing here, I mean I'm a mother too, so we all have children.

00:53 We know that when that happens, when you tolerate that kind of act,

01:00 two things can happen.

01:02 Impunity, those who are below or the implementers can abuse.

01:08 If you are out of school or you are a bit of a flower boy, you can be hated by those below.

01:15 So you become a diversion of those who have impunity and the people below become the victims.

01:22 So we congratulate the current administration in its bloodless campaign.

01:26 But of course, we also have to make sure that rules and laws are implemented.

01:32 Because sometimes, if we are all killed,

01:35 you are depriving the right to have a voice for the small people.

01:40 And this is very hurtful to parents like us.

01:44 [ Silence ]

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