President Rodrigo Duterte does not like barangay (village) elections to push through this coming October, saying he fears that drug lords will finance the candidacies of village chiefs supporting the use of illegal drugs, the chief executive’s communications official said on Wednesday.

Secretary Martin Andanar, chief of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), said, however, that the President would respect the decision of Congress.

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