MEN OF DUTERTE’S WAR VS DRUGS: Left, police colonel Dumlao; right, police sergeant Sta. Isabel, both of the PNP’s Anti-Illegal Drugs Group, accused of kidnapping and killing a Korean businessman.
The analogy of a war used in Duterte’s campaign against illegal drugs conceals the very serious problem. Duterte’s army isn’t a national army fighting a foreign invader. The huge problem is the PNP, which has been ridden with corruption since its establishment, with its officials pressured to engage in graft, as they have to accumulate substantial bank accounts or properties before reaching their retirement age of 56.