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BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
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Sunday , September 10, 2017
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MANILA – “Malignant elements” could be conspiring to sabotage the Duterte administration’s crackdown on illegal drugs, Malacañang said on Saturday.
The public should look at recent deaths of teenagers – which had apparent links to drugs – with “suspicion and urgency,” according to Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella.
“The President’s campaign against illegal drugs adversely affected many, including powerful narco-politicians and deep pocketed drug lords who flourished prior to this administration,” Abella said in a press statement.
“It should not come as a surprise that these malignant elements would conspire to sabotage the President’s campaign to rid the Philippines of illegal drugs and criminality,” he said.
“They are creating scenarios stoking public anger against the government, so the recent killings apparently targeting the youth should be viewed with suspicious and urgency,” he added.
In a speech in Digos City on Friday, Duterte said the latest spate of killings involving teenagers was meant to sabotage his efforts against criminality and illegal drugs.
“Look deeper into it because you (Philippine National Police chief Ronald Dela Rosa) are being sabotaged,” said Duterte, who claimed to be related to the slain Carl Angelo Arnaiz.
“It’s not the job of the police to kill kids. These killings were intentional,” said the President.
Aside from the 19-year-old Arnaiz, other teenagers whose deaths have become high-profile were Kian Loyd delos Santos, 17, and Reynaldo de Guzman, 14./PN
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