a good start in less than a year.
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Mga igsoong bisaya, maayong adlaw. Tugoti ko sa pag-post diri sa article sa usa ka kolumnistang bisaya nga si Inday Espina-Varona dinhi. Sa pamasin nga ang pipila ka mga die-hard duterte supporters masayud sa matuod nga nahitabo sa atong nasud karon.
Filipinos see fatal flaw in Duterte’s war on drugs
Filipinos have found their footing six months into the turbulent rule of President Rodrigo Duterte, telling him they want an end to the bloodbath that has left thousands of suspected drug addicts and pushers dead.
The latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, conducted conducted from December 3-6 and released today, showed an overwhelming number of Filipinos, 94%, want drug suspects captured alive, while almost 8 of ten respondents say they fear ending up a statistic in the autocratic leader’s “war on drugs.”
The survey results are a big victory for human rights advocates in the country, who have been jeered at and threatened by Duterte and his loyal supporters.
No longer can Duterte and die-hard fans scoff at growing concern by citing the 16 million who voted him for office.
to be continued...
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OPINION: Filipinos see fatal flaw in Duterte’s war on drugs | ABS-CBN News
Filipinos see fatal flaw in Duterte’s war on drugs (continued)
In social media threads, even those who still support him have acknowledged growing concern over the strategies and tactics employed in the crackdown. Privately, more express worries at the contradictions in the President’s promise to rid the nation of the scourge of drugs.
At the heart of these worries is the fatal flaw of Duterte’s war – a contempt for an admittedly flawed justice system.
At the onset of the official campaign, Duterte and his national police chief, Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa shrugged off the killings, even as they washed their hands of murders supposedly instigated by vigilantes or henchmen of narcotics kingpins.
It is a strange position. Duterte has acknowledged corruption as the root of the spread of narcotics gangs in the country. Yet he has done little to arrest and charge the big guns he accuses of protecting the drug syndicates.
to be continued...
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OPINION: Filipinos see fatal flaw in Duterte’s war on drugs | ABS-CBN News
Filipinos see fatal flaw in Duterte’s war on drugs (continued)
None of the police generals he tagged as drug protectors have been charged even as he has hinted strongly that many of the killings were launched by drug gangs cleansing their ranks of their weakest members.
In fact, Duterte has insisted he will defend any cop charged with extra-judicial killings until they are proven guilty by the courts.
He invoked this pledge, claiming he does not want to demoralize cops, when senior police officials in Eastern Visayas were implicated in the prison murder of Albuera Mayor and suspected drug dealer Rolando Espinosa Sr.
Duterte, touted by fans for his “strategic brilliance,” has long boasted that he plants evidence and manipulates rival drug personalities into taking out each other.
But these are discredited tactics, cited as among the reasons behind the creation of virtual narco states in Latin American.
Letting the deaths of pushers go unpunished does not lessen the power of the drug gangs. It only allows the strongest to consolidate their power.
By the time Duterte unleashes his rage on lords of drugs and their lieutenants – IF he actually does – the wages of impunity will have allowed criminals to take over law enforcement agencies.
to be continued...
Filipinos see fatal flaw in Duterte’s war on drugs (continued)
As a result of the perceived impunity enjoyed by law enforcers, there has been a sea change in the one-time blind trust given to Duterte and, by extension, law enforcers.
The SWS survey results showed 78% of respondents are worried they or anyone they know will die due to the drug campaign. Almost half, 45% say they are “very worried” and 33% “somewhat worried.”
Only 10% were not too worried and 12% “not worried at all.” Not too long ago, many believed only the guilty need to worry.
Sixty-nine percent of respondents are worried about the seriousness of extra-judicial killings; 22% are undecided. Only nine percent do not see this as a serious problem.
Duterte’s crackdown against drug syndicates has been characterized by incendiary messages from the President, a cavalier regard for “intelligence” and record-keeping, and what citizens increasingly perceive as double standards in the treatment of suspects and rogue law enforcers.
While Duterte takes pleasure in lugging around a thick file of supposed drug coddlers and dealers in government agencies and local bureaucracies, his first announcements included long dead judges. The Supreme Court, which initiated a probe into a few judges named by Duterte, has cleared them of wrong doing.
to be continued...
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OPINION: Filipinos see fatal flaw in Duterte’s war on drugs | ABS-CBN News
45% very worried
33% somewhat worried.
10% not too worried
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88% Feared dying in drug war = 8 of 10 fear dying in drug war?
It;s common that we should be worried but it does not mean that it will stop
You missed some important notes..HAHAHA
Despite the high incidence of worry, 85 percent of respondents said they were satisfied with the campaign against narcotics.
With only seven percent undecided and eight percent dissatisfied, this yielded an “excellent” rating for the Duterte government's anti-drug performance.
SWS also reported 88 percent of respondents agree that the drug problem in their areas has declined since Duterte took office in June 30. Only three percent said otherwise.
Ninety-four percent of respondents however said it is important to ensure that drug suspects are arrested alive.
Duterte's drug fight that has seen 2,102 people killed and 40,932 others arrested, according to official police figures.
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Filipinos see fatal flaw in Duterte’s war on drugs (last part)
Beyond the question of sound strategy, it is Duterte’s dangerous justice worldview that needs to be challenged.
He stands on very shaky ground when he claims persons who have used drugs for a year or two have no hope of rehabilitation.
The problem in the country is the dearth of affordable rehab centers – only more than 3,000 beds available for an estimated half a million dependents, if you get a third of 1.8 million.
While Duterte is building mammoth rehab centers, his war has also snuffed out the lives of thousands who may yet be saved – and, according to families of reformed users, has also killed those who have actually pulled themselves out of the drug abyss.
Duterte prides himself on being a former prosecutor who knows how to read the fine print of laws. But increasingly, what he has shown is hostility towards concepts of justice enshrined in the country’s constitution, concepts that millions of Filipinos have fought for – and died for.
Like most autocrats, however, he is faced with one enduring truth about Filipinos: for as many times that we flirt with disaster, we always manage to set ourselves straight and pull bank from the brink.
Duterte can show his mettle as a leader and heed his people. Or he can go sneering and cursing over the edge of that abyss.
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OPINION: Filipinos see fatal flaw in Duterte’s war on drugs | ABS-CBN News
Another paid opinion, and paid surveys.
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