AdvertisementsThere is massive approval for President Duterte’s war against illegal drugs, a level of support that has never occurred for any other major government initiative ever. A harsh, even terrible reality that may be, but that is the national consensus, going by opinion polls. Significant is the finding that 73 percent of Filipinos, according to PulseAsia, believe that EJKs have occurred in the course of the war vs drugs. Most Filipinos are supportive of Duterte’s war against illegal drugs, yet they believe it has resulted in extra-judicial killings, and are even worried that they would be victims? If the term extra-judicial killing wasn’t really understood by the pollsters’ respondents, then their reports on Filipinos’ awareness of—and worry over EJKs—are therefore useless.

Source: Manila Times October 19, 2017 18:33 UTC