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President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday laughed off the proposal of Vice President Ma. Leonor 鈥淟eni鈥� Robredo to study the possible decriminalization of drug use in the Philippines, following example of Portugal, which made the radical decision of decriminalizing drug use in 2001.

鈥淧areho 鈥榶an ng UE? Ay EU. Ayoko ng EU. Alam mo鈥� Pagmagalit kasi ako ganun,鈥� Duterte said referring to the European Union.

Like Robredo, the EU also made a proposal for a 鈥渉ealth-based鈥� approach to the Philippines鈥� drug problem, which Duterte has rejected.

READ: Duterte rejects EU鈥檚 鈥榟ealth-based鈥� solution to drug problem

鈥淎no 鈥榶an eh, ang suggestion nila magtayo ako ng mga clinic dito sa Maynila tapos ako na ang mag-suplay ng shabu, cocaine. Si Robredo naman 鈥榰y,鈥� he said.

(Their suggestion is for me to build clinics in Manila, and then just supply the cocaine. That Robredo.)

READ: Why not decriminalize drug use? VP urges gov鈥檛 to study Portugal move

Duterte鈥檚 brutal crackdown on illegal drugs has received global criticisms but the chief executive was frim on his promise to stop the narcotics trade in the Philippines. IDL