President Rodrigo Duterte has access to information tagging the home province of Vice President Leni Robredo as a \u201chotbed of shabu,\u201d Malaca\u00f1ang claimed on Thursday.<\/p>\n
In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque stressed that Duterte\u2019s pronouncement that Naga is allegedly a breeding ground for methamphetamine was not made out of thin air.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sure he (Duterte) has access to information indicating certain areas to be hotbeds of shabu. He must have seen in the report that Naga is one of them,\u201d Roque told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s something that the President would say from thin air because he has access to all information that even you and I don\u2019t have access to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
This despite the statement of Interior officials that the claim of Naga being a \u201chotbed of shabu\u201d was still being validated.<\/p>\n
While there was \u201cpersistent reports\u201d of drug trafficking and drug operations in Naga, Interior Undersecretary Eduardo A\u00f1o said that \u201cvalidation will continue with that information.\u201d<\/p>\n
Duterte declared before businessmen and diplomats in Malaca\u00f1ang on August 14\u00a0that Naga was breeding ground of shabu after she belittled the leadership skills of Robredo.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have nothing against Robredo. She\u2019s a lawyer, you\u2019ve heard her talk. But I do not think she can improve on anything,\u201d the Chief Executive said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can ask the hotbed of shabu. In the past years. I will not mention the name. It was Naga City. It was in Naga City,\u201d he claimed.\u00a0 \u00a0\/vvp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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