President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. ROBINSON NIN虄AL JR./PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed that the people behind the P6.4 billion worth of smuggled shabu from China which slipped past the Bureau of Customs would rot in jail.
鈥淭hey will have to go to jail without a bail,鈥� Duterte said in a press conference in Malaca帽ang on Monday night.
The President said he has accepted the resignation of Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon after he had written him thrice to relieve him from his post.
鈥淪i Faeldon stalemate na siya e (Faeldon is at a stalemate),鈥� he said.
Duterte named Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director Isidro Lape帽a as the new Customs Commissioner.
READ: Duterte names Lape帽a as new Customs chief to replace Faeldon
鈥淭here鈥檚 going to be an investigation, diyan sa Customs鈥akit lumusot doon (in the Customs鈥� how did the drugs get through)? That鈥檚 why I鈥檓 putting another guy there, to find out,鈥� he said.
The President said he was giving Lape帽a free hand to 鈥渞evamp鈥� the Bureau of Customs.
鈥淎s I see it, we need to revamp, we need to revilatize, take in new [people]. Balasa (Shuffle it up). Kung sabi niya (if he says), we will take new guys in, bahala siya diyan. Hayaan ko siya (It鈥檚 up to him. I鈥檒l let him to it),鈥� he said.
The Chief Executive asked the public to give Lape帽a time to investigate the shabu mess at Customs.
鈥淟et鈥檚 just wait. Let the guy sit there for a time, and he can improve for the investigation, and in due time, I will ask for the neck of those involved,鈥� he said.
Duterte said he wanted all those involved to be charged with conspiracy.
鈥淣ot only that, we only have to prosecute them criminally para 鈥� and remember that is non-bail. Kung lahat ng involved diyan, taga Customs (If everyone involved there is from Customs), they will have to go to jail without a bail,鈥� he said. JE
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