Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr. AP FILE
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� President Rodrigo Duterte鈥檚 recent tirade against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is the 鈥渕ost illuminating remark鈥� on the issue of the government鈥檚 drive against illegal drugs, said Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday.
Locsin quoted a tweet attached with an article where Duterte slammed Trillanes for saying there are now fewer drug addicts because they were killed.
鈥淪ome critic, a senator 鈥� a stupid senator 鈥� Trillanes said, 鈥極h they are dead, they are no more 鈥� because they are dead.鈥� And so? Are you not happy that I鈥檓 doing it for you instead of you, a military idiot? You do not even know how to count,鈥� Duterte said during a speech on Tuesday.
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鈥淭his is the most illuminating remark I鈥檝e ever read on the issue here both at home and abroad and that includes Geneva.鈥� Locsin wrote in his tweet.
鈥淓very word of it especially the idiot part.. The innumeracy remark too must hurt,鈥� he added.
This is the most illuminating remark I've ever read on the issue here both at home and abroad and that includes Geneva. Every word of it especially the idiot part.. The innumeracy remark too must hurt.
鈥� Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin)
This was after Trillanes retorted a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey which showed that majority of Filipinos believe that there were fewer drug addicts in their communities.
鈥淪ince libu-libo ang pinatay niyo na addicts without due process and without giving them the opportunity to be rehabilitated, 鈥榙i ba natural lang na mababawasan ang addicts?鈥� Trillanes said in a statement.
READ: Fewer drug addicts? Thousands were killed without due process 鈥� Trillanes
The Palace and the Philippines National Police welcomed the survey and said it was a testament to the effectivity of the war on drugs. /cbb