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| Philippines President Duterte says he will allow military to join anti-drug war – Reuters | Philippines President Duterte says he will allow military to join anti-drug war – Reuters |
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| Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said he will sign an executive order authorizing the military to join his war on drugs, branding the drug problem “a national security threat,” Reuters reports. | |
| He also stressed that he does not need extra powers to order the military into action, while saying he does not need to declare martial law, as he has threatened to do before. | |
| The announcement comes a day after the country’s Defense Ministry asked Duterte to allow troops to assist in the war on drugs and pursue rogue policemen. | The announcement comes a day after the country’s Defense Ministry asked Duterte to allow troops to assist in the war on drugs and pursue rogue policemen. |
| The ministry’s statement said that they needed “an official order regarding this presidential directive to serve as a legal basis for our troops to follow.” | The ministry’s statement said that they needed “an official order regarding this presidential directive to serve as a legal basis for our troops to follow.” |
| Duterte gave an address on Tuesday asking the military to participate in the war on drugs, demanding that “scalawag cops” face justice. | Duterte gave an address on Tuesday asking the military to participate in the war on drugs, demanding that “scalawag cops” face justice. |
| Following the killing of a South Korean businessman by rogue policemen, on Monday Duterte ordered his chief of police to scrap the anti-drug task force. It will now be absorbed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. | |
| According to the latest official estimates, over 7,000 people have been killed in Duterte’s anti-drug campaign, which was launched when he took power seven months ago. |