Nananatiling bukas ang pintuan ni Vice Pres. Leni Robredo na humingi ng tulong sa United Nations (UN) hinggil sa kampanya ng pamahalaan kontra iligal na droga.
Aminado ang pangalawang pangulo na nakumbinsi siya kampanya ng pamahalaan batay sa mga impormasyong iprenisenta ng Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) sa meeting nitong nakalipas na Biyernes.
“If I was already of the impression— After going around, after meeting with the different clusters, after having all the information that I need to have.”
Kung si Robredo ang tatanungin, pipillin daw muna niya na maging pribado para sa bansa ang pagsasaayos ng issue, pero handa pa rin umano siyang papasukin ang independent bodies kapag nabatid na hindi nagiging tapat ang pamahalaan sa kampanya nito.
“I have said this time and again, that I feel that our problems should first be solved internally.”
“If I believe that the government is not doing anything to, you know, punish whoever needs to be punished or to put to justice whatever needs to be put to justice, then I don’t have any problems with inviting them over—inasmuch as I have always said that if there’s nothing to hide, then what are we fearful for?”
Ayon kasi sa bise presidente, bago pa siya naitalaga bilang ICAD co-chair ay nakipag-ugnaya na rin siya sa UN-ODC (Office on Drugs and Crime) na nagsasaliksik tungkol sa war on drugs ng iba’t-ibang bansa.
“We’re coordinating with the UNODC in the Philippines—they’re in the Philippines—for them to brief us on… kasi marami silang mga researches at papers on anti-illegal drugs campaigns, the successes and the failures and the lessons from all the other countries. Iyon iyong na-mention ko after I was designated.”
