{"id":844124,"date":"2016-11-14T15:10:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T07:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=844124"},"modified":"2016-11-14T17:01:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T09:01:43","slug":"duterte-aquino-never-attempted-to-know-scale-of-drug-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/844124\/duterte-aquino-never-attempted-to-know-scale-of-drug-problem","title":{"rendered":"Duterte: Aquino never attempted to know scale of drug problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"ventuno-vid\">\n\t\t<div id=\"vt-video-player\"><\/div>\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\twindow.__ventunoplayer = window.__ventunoplayer||[];\n\t\twindow.__ventunoplayer.push({video_key: \"ODUwMTAyfHwyMzY4fHwxMDg2fHwxLDIsMQ==\", holder_id: \"vt-video-player\", player_type: \"vp\", width:\"100%\", ratio:\"16:9\", autoplay:\"false\"});\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/pl.ventunotech.com\/plugins\/cntplayer\/ventunoSmartPlayer.js\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n<p>President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said his predecessor Benigno Aquino III did not know the gravity of the drug problem in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the 80<sup>th<\/sup> founding anniversary of the National Bureau of Investigation in Manila, Duterte made this remark as he criticized the supposed \u201cstupidity\u201d of foreign governments urging him to focus on rehabilitation of drug dependents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know about the stupidity of foreign governments. They call me and ask me, \u2018Why don\u2019t you rehabilitate them?\u2019 Correct. That is correct if you have the money,\u201d Duterte said in his speech.<\/p>\n<p>But Duterte reiterated that he is operating on a budget prepared by the Aquino administration\u2014half of which, he said, was already gone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe he did not realize the gravity of the drug problem because he simply did not know or never attempted to know it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that rehabilitation was \u201cno longer viable,\u201d Duterte tagged three million drug dependents as \u201call potential criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Duterte said Aquino\u2019s then Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, who is being accused of coddling drug lords at the New Bilibid Prison, \u201callowed the drug industry to take place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the agents of this bureau testified against her. 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