Duterte pulls Philippine police out of brutal war on drugs

[Dave Hounddriver]

Duterte pulls Philippine police out of brutal war on drugs

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Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has ordered police to end all operations in his deadly war on drugs after a 15-month campaign in which officers have killed thousands.

Duterte’s office released a public memorandum telling police, the military and other state bodies to leave the conduct of all campaigns and operations to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).

The agency’s 1,800 staff make up just over 1% of the 160,000-strong national police, meaning the new order could significantly reduce the extrajudicial killings.

for the rest of the details go to this link

 

So no more EJKs?

EDIT:  That was just a rhetorical question.  Duterte says this will reduce EJKs so it must be so.  I am not looking to stir up controversial opinions on the subject.  Its in the news.  It is what it is.

Edited October 12, 2017 by Dave Hounddriver

[Castaway]

2 minutes ago, Dave Hounddriver said:

So no more EJKs?

As I was recently told in a similar topic...

[Jack Peterson]

53 minutes ago, Castaway said:

As I was recently told in a similar topic...

 I really do think you need to grow up and get with the flow

 

[Castaway]

On 10/7/2017 at 7:46 PM, Jack Peterson said:

we all take the stance it is not good for us the Foreigners to air our views

[Old55]

Castaway don't post segments of other members podcasts in that manner please.

[Castaway]

Sorry Old55, I didn't realize that I posted a segment of another member's podcast.

I'll refrain from doing so in the future.

[Old55]

Thanks for understanding!🍻

[mogo51]

I hope PDEA continues on to try and apprehend the 'bigger wheels' in the drug trade, many Filipinos seem to want to see that from what I have read.

I was having a beer with a Filipino friend last week and he volunteered a view that the drug problem here in Philippines was 'out of control'.  I was surprised at that statement.

[earthdome]

On 10/12/2017 at 6:25 PM, mogo51 said:

I hope PDEA continues on to try and apprehend the 'bigger wheels' in the drug trade

That will create a great opportunity for the smaller wheels. They can just fight it out in the streets until one of them becomes the next bigger wheel.