President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday rejected the European Union’s (EU) proposal for a “health-based” approach to the Philippines’ drug problem and insisted on continuing his war on narcotics amid growing criticisms against the spate of killings from the international community. “Ang EU, they communicated with us, they want a health-based solution for the drugs, mga p**** ina niyo (sons of b*****), do you want us to build clinics? He said that there are 4 million Filipino drug users and peddlers in the country. READ: EU joins call for halt to killings in drug warDuterte, who won the presidency on a campaign promise that he will rid the country’s drug problems in six months, said drug users are inclined to commit different crimes. “This drug war will continue until the last drug lord is killed and the pusher taken out of streets,” he added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 24, 2017 08:31 UTC