Domondon: Giving up the fight

THE President of the Republic of the Philippines just admitted in a speech recently that the drug situation in the country is now worse than before and that the authorities tasked to implement the war on drugs campaign are close to giving up the fight.

This is downright terrifying if not damning that somehow drug lords and drug syndicates have possibly found a way to actually repulse efforts by the Duterte administration in its attempt to eradicate the spreading menace of illegal drugs in the country, and have even probably launch a counteroffensive against efforts to degrade their drug operations.

Such a statement coming from the President - he of the “I will kill you” persona - is not really an admission of failure but perhaps more of a revelation of the real and actual illegal drug situation in the country.

Those that have previously assailed the President for his claim that the Philippines will turn into a narco-state if no radical measures are applied to stem the flow and entry of illegal drugs would certainly be hard pressed now to explain how tons of the illegal drug “shabu” as well as the so called “floating cocaine packages” are finding their way into the country.

Before the President can be accused of subtly laying the predicate for a more violent and intensive drug war as a result of his admission on the worsening drug situation there is also a need for the public to understand and realize that on a wider perspective it is already reported in the international level that methamphetamine derived drugs such as “Yaba” and “Shabu” are being manufactured on a massive scale by Asian criminal gangs and other international drug syndicates with the intention of flooding South East Asian countries with their product. The Philippines is no exception and is not immune to such attacks and depredations.

There is no question that we really have a dire problem regarding illegal drugs. Through the efforts of the authorities such as the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) we are now discovering that hundreds of kilos if not tons of illegal drugs are being brought into the country either for shipment to other countries or for the consumption of local drug users and pushers. That is the grim and sad reality that we are facing and if not for the war on drugs of the President this troubling situation would never have come to light.

To be sure President Digong will never give up his war on drugs and will certainly not go down without a fight. He has already announced that the last three years of his administration will usher in a more intensive campaign against illegal drugs and admitting that the drug situation has worsened and that his law enforcers are close to giving up the fight is superfluous and merely reinforcement of what he has vowed to do as president, eradicate illegal drugs in the country.

A seemingly impossible task to be sure but given the alternative and dangerous scenario of the Philippines turning into a certified narco-state perhaps this recent announcement by the President is the signal for the masses to do more if it hopes to see a better and brighter tomorrow for the next and future generation of Filipinos.

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