After being appointed co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Illegal Drugs (ICAD), Vice President Leni Robredo has assumed her new post and begun to put forward some proposals for the “war on drugs”— the centerpiece program of the Duterte administration. Being a member of the opposition and a vocal critic of the war on drugs, naturally her proposals have been met with derision and criticism in some quarters, though some have also expressed support and optimism for the direction she wants to take.
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m not the biggest fan of this current administration, but I agree in principle that illegal drugs are a problem that need to be addressed. I’m just unsure about the exact scale of the problem and disagree with the tactics currently in place to address it. But having laid that on the table, I’d just like to put forward a few observations and opinions about this latest development in the war on drugs.
Aletheia Observatory 