Update
鈥淕ago ka (You鈥檙e a fool).鈥�
That was how President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday hit back at former president Benigno 鈥淣oynoy鈥� Aquino III for saying his administration鈥檚 war on drugs hardly achieved anything.
鈥淪abi ni PNoy, parang walang nangyari. Sige, pumasok ka sa droga, PNoy, 鈥榩ag hindi kita pinutulan ng ulo, buang ka. Anong walang nangyari? Put鈥� Gago ka,鈥澛燚uterte said.
(Aquino said nothing happened. OK, you try going into drugs, PNoy, and I鈥檒l cut your head off, you fool. What happened? **** stupid.)
The President said under the Aquino administration the illegal drug trade was rampant, citing police generals鈥� involvement in illegal drug trade during the latter鈥檚 term.
鈥淢ga general mo noon, iyang aide mo, 鈥榶ung aide ni Roxas, puro nasa droga. Konektado. Number one diyan 鈥榶ung bata ninyo, si General Loot, isa pa 鈥榶ang u*** na 鈥榶an. I mentioned his name noong pinatawag ko sila. Ewan ko lang kung nandito si Loot, p* ina mo, huwag mong takutin general ka,鈥� he said.
(Your generals, aide, Roxas鈥� aide, they are all into drugs. They have drug connections. Number one here is your guy, General Loot, another ****. I mentioned his name when I summoned the country鈥檚 local officials. I don鈥檛 know if Loot is 聽here, you ****, stop making threats.)
Duterte was referring to retired police聽general聽Vicente聽Loot whom he previously tagged as among the police generals involved in illegal drugs.
Aquino told reporters on Tuesday that during his term in 2015, statistics showed that there were 1.8 million drug users in the Philippines.聽 聽At the end of 2016,he said the number of drug users in the country remained at 1.8 million.
鈥淧arang wala yatang nangyari (It seems nothing happened),鈥� Aquino said.