MANILA – Sen. Richard Gordon has dared President Rodrigo Duterte to reveal the names of the two generals who were allegedly “still playing” with illegal drugs.
Naming the so-called “narco generals”
will send a strong message that the government were not just targeting the
small fry, stressed Gordon.
“Kung alam na niya [Duterte], dapat tuluyan na niya. ‘Wag na niya kaming hintayin,” Gordon said
in an interview with DWIZ.
He added that the prompt identification
of these high-ranking police officials will speed up their apprehension.
“They can be put into administrative arrest already. Puwede na niya i-put into
quarters ang mga ‘yan. In fact, kahit na ang mga regional commanders can
summarily dismiss them and even file a case,” said Gordon.
President Duterte recently revealed in a forum in Sochi, Russia that there were
two generals who are involved in the illegal drug trade but did not identify
whether they come from the police or military.
Duterte’s statement came after the revelation at the Senate hearings that outgoing
Philippine National Police chief General Oscar Albayalde asked to stop the
implementation of the dismissal order against 13 ninja cops, who conducted an
anti-drug operation in Pampanga that was allegedly riddled with irregularities.
While the President would let the Senate finish its investigation on ninja
cops, he would wait for the recommendation of the Interior Secretary Eduardo Año
to finish his internal investigation before acting on the case./PN
