00:00The administration's war on drugs was not effective based on the discussion of the House Squad Committee.
00:06Mela Lasmoras of PTV in Balitang Pangbansa.
00:12Congressmen questioned if the war on drugs of former President Rodrigo Duterte was really effective.
00:20In the 12th hearing of the House Squad Committee,
00:23it was revealed in the data of the Dangerous Drugs Board that since 2015, before Duterte took office until 2019,
00:31in the middle of his term, less than 5% of the country's illegal drug users have been convicted.
00:53The question is, despite the killings of more than 30,000 during the time of the former president, the war on drugs was not that effective.
01:07As reflected, Mr. Chair, yes.
01:11Despite the fact that you killed more than 30,000, yet there was only a slight downtrend in the data that you made.
01:21This was also pointed out by Quadcom Co-Chair Bienvenido Abante Jr. in his interpellation to the former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Wilkins Villanueva.
01:31The former PDEA chief disagreed with this.
01:34In the many killings during the time of President Duterte, look at General Wilkins.
01:44At other times, he became PDEA Director General.
01:48What happened in the war on drugs was not that effective, according to that statistic.
01:57Am I right, General Wilkins?
02:00That's what's coming out, Mr. Chair.
02:02That's what's coming out.
02:03Quadcom's gate in aid of legislation.
02:06They want to address the problems during the drug war so that it will not be repeated and justice will be served.
02:13From PTV, Melalas Moras for Balitang Pambansa.
