MANILA – The continued drop of crime rate is indicative that the campaign against illegal drug operations being implemented by the government is successful, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said.
PNP deputy spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Kimberly Molitas said in a press conference that authorities are winning the war on drugs for the Filipino people as showed in their “Real Numbers” data.
“It is important to note that focus crimes are due to the use of illegal drugs. If you look at the nature of the crimes, the perpetrators are doing drugs. They resort to theft to support their addiction, they rape, murder because they are tripping,” Molitas said.
Based on the “Real Numbers” data, 1,040,987 crimes were reported from July 2016 to June 2018, which is a 21.48 percent drop from the 1,325,789 cases reported during the same period in 2014 to 2016.
Also going down was the crimes against persons like homicide, physical injuries, and rape, which saw a decrease of 19,210 or 1.5 percent during the last two years.
“We put an effort to make sure that the campaign against illegal drugs is sustained. Hindi po yan nagbabago, bumababa po yan ng bumababa,” Molitas said.
“In the business sector, they feel safer and better now. It is one of the indications that the war on drugs is nearly over but the problem is still there. War on drugs is a worldwide phenomenon addressed by ASEAN countries, it is not just us,” she added./PN
