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Rep. Gary Alejano: Pres. Duterte Duped Filipin People on His 3-6 Months Anti-Drug Campaign

Rep. Gary Alejano released a statement doubting the credibility of President Rody Duterte particularly on his war against drugs. According to Rep. Alejano, Pres. Duterte simply duped the Filipino people with his campaign vow.



During the campaign period of the former Mayor of Davao City, he promised to the Filipino people that he will end the illegal drugs problem in the Philippines within three-to-six months of his term as President.

When Rep. Gary Alejano of the Magdalo Party list group, was asked to react on Pres. Duterte's statement who asked the Filipino people to give him a six-month extension on his self-imposed deadline on war against drugs.

Rep. Gary Alejano was quoted as saying "They voted for [Duterte] because of this promise and he just deceived them," Alejano said.

The said congressman is part of the so-called legitimate Minority bloc in the House of Representatives (HOR), even recalled that the macho-talking President promised to vacate his seat in case he falls short of promise.

Rep. Alejano added further that "This just shows that we can't trust his words. He easily takes back everything that he says," the former Marine captain said.

For the past few days, the Duterte administration successfully made an impressive achievements on their war against illegal drugs which caused the surrender of more than 700,000 drug addicts nationwide.

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