New Narco List To Be Revealed
New Narco List – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he will reveal more names of officials who were having links to the illegal drug trade in the Philippines after his visit to Vietnam for two days.
According to him, this is because of the raising doubts on the credibility of information being given to him as there some names have been mistakenly included in the list.
In a report by PhilStar, Duterte said that there will be about 1,000 names to be listed, which includes local executives, lawmakers, members of the judiciary, and even barangay officials.
Before leaving, Duterte had a press conference and said that he is hoping to reveal the said list after her trip.
“The latest, I hope I will (reveal), Inshallah (God willing), upon my return (from Vietnam),” Duterte said as quoted.
“I will have one session with the media and I will read (the names). This would be again about the judges, some congressmen, mayors, there are a lot of them, barangay captains, almost all, and the police, military one or two,” he added.
The report added that Duterte said that the third narco-list will contain names of about 40 judges, barangay captains, and many Chinese individuals.
He said that the military and police will be responsible for dealing with the suspected illegal drug personalities.
The President, on his fierce campaign against illegal drugs in the country, already listed more than 160 local executives, judges, men in uniform, and lawmakers.
Recently, Duterte said that there were lapses in his drug matrix list, and said that he is not perfect and had so many faults in life.
The President recently apologized to former Pangasinan governor and now the 5th District Rep. Amado Espino Jr., former provincial administrator Rafael Baraan and board member Raul Sison for being included in the list.
The President, during the campaign period for the May 2016 Elections, already said that his administration is eyeing to make the Philippines drug and corruption-free after 3 to 6 months.
