(April 2, 2024) – Newly appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief P/Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil on Monday said there is no need to declare a “war on drugs” to stop the proliferation of illegal substances in the country.
Speaking to reporters after leading his first command conference, Marbil stressed the need for the police to uphold the rule of law under his leadership.
“I don’t want to say na may drug war — it connotes na parang giyera na naman kami,” Marbil said.
“Lahat kami, all out kami against drugs. I don’t want to say ‘yung war, kasi ‘yun naman talaga ‘yung gusto namin. Wala naman kailangan na all out war eh. Iyan na po ‘yung trabaho namin e.”
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has touted changes in his government’s approach to address illegal drugs, saying in past pronouncements that he opposed handling the drug problem “by violence” and preferred a focus on rehabilitation and prevention.
The drug war campaign under his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, has been under scrutiny of the International Criminal Court (ICC) due to killings linked to the policy. Police have tallied at least 6,000 suspected drug offenders killed in anti-drug operations under Duterte, but the estimates of human rights groups were at as high as 30,000.
Rights groups also said drug war killings have continued even under the current administration. Dahas, a project of the University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center, documented 342 cases of drug-related killings during the first year of Marcos Jr.’s term.
Last month, Marcos said law enforcers confiscated around P10.4 billion worth of illegal drugs last year and arrested more than 56,000 suspects.
(with reports from Bryan Castillo)
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