Artist Arnel Pineda expressed his support for the war on drugs campaign of Pres. Duterte.
ARNEL PINEDA – International artist Arnel Pineda expressed his support for the war on drugs campaign of Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte on the international media.
Pres. Duterte’s campaign against the illegal drugs has undeniably sparked lots of headlines and elicited reactions. Recently, Arnel Pineda spoke his side regarding the campaign of the Chief Executive.
A BBC News video of an interview with Pineda was posted on the Facebook page Duterte Bato. Based on the video, Pineda expressed in the interview that Pres. Duterte can’t fight the illegal drugs and implement change alone.
According to the international artist, the people have to help the President.
Pineda said that he support the fight of the Chief Executive against illegal drugs. He shared that he was also once into drugs and he knows the difficulty one must overcome for him to be freed from the bondage of illegal drugs.
“I know hard it is to get out of it… You know… And then to become swayed with the calling of that demon in you,” Arnel spoke to BBC News.
The international artist also supported his stand as he said that he was into drugs for almost twenty years.
Some netizens expressed their reaction to the post through comments.
One netizen expressed in his comment that Pineda was right. According to him, even ten Dutertes can’t change the country if the people will not help one another.
Meanwhile, a Facebook user expressed in her comment that a criminal like Pres. Duterte should not be defended and that he has to pay for his actions.
“Ariel Pineda, ang criminal na katulad ni Duterte ay Hindi ipangtangol. He has to pay for his crime. Siya isang criminal,” according to the Facebook user.
The war on drugs campaign of the Duterte Administration has undeniably gained different reactions from different people. While there are those who support the move, there were also those who are not fully in favor with it.
Since Pres. Duterte assumed office, lots of drug users and pushers were arrested and voluntarily surrendered to the authorities. A number of illegal drug laboratories were also discovered.
Based on a previous news report, despite the thick pile of papers containing the names of drug suspects, the 71-year-old President has expressed in a speech that there is no stepping back.
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