After nearly three years in office, President Duterte has given himself a passing mark in governing the country so far.
“I will be through in three years. Para sa akin, I am – if I rate myself now, I’m about five or six,” Duterte said during the PDP-Laban campaign rally in Koronadal City, South Cotabato the other day.
The President said he has been battling illegal drugs, crime, and corruption as part of his campaign promises and would continue to sustain such campaign in the remainder of his term.
The country would not attain progress only if corruption continues and peace and order are not maintained, Duterte warned.
“Even if you give a President, you can amend the Constitution, we are not qualified. But if you give a term of even five, even seven terms, six years each, you would still have no progress and development sa Pilipino,” he said.
On the government’s war on drugs, the President recognized that the drug problem remained the “biggest threat” to the nation. He renewed his threat to finish off the drug traffickers and their cohorts, saying he would not let them destroy the country.
“We have – I think being swallowed by the biggest threat of them all and that is the drug problem which is worldwide,” he said. “Do not destroy the young and feed them with drugs to no end because I will really kill you,” he warned. (Genalyn Kabiling)
