Duterte and his people aren’t fooling around. The main reason for going after the drug sales is that the money is being used to support Muslim separatists.
Ronald dela Rosa, President Rodrigo Duterte’s top lieutenant in a crackdown that alarmed the international community, shrugged off calls for him to be investigated for what human rights groups say were systematic police cover-ups, falsified reports and summary executions.
The former national police chief, nicknamed “Bato” (rock), was endorsed by Duterte in a May 13 election in which he is all but certain to win a seat in the powerful Senate.
“Bring it on, bring it on. Whatever they want, I will not run away,” dela Rosa told news channel ANC when asked about a possible probe, including by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague.
“Whatever, whatever, whenever,” he added.
Duterte’s allies swept the midterm polls in what was seen as a ringing public endorsement of the president’s controversial rule and the war on drugs that has defined it.
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