MANILA, Philippines — Four out of five adult Filipinos believe there have been many human rights abuses in President Duterte’s violent war on drugs, according to a recently released Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. ADVERTISEMENTThe noncommissioned survey also showed that 73 percent believe the number of illegal drug users has dropped compared to when the President took office in July 2016 while 14 percent said it had risen. A lie repeated many times over is somehow stamped with a perception of truth,” he said in a statement. He accused the “rambunctious peddlers of disinformation” of associating extrajudicial killings, which he said were not state-initiated, with the government’s antidrug operations. The survey found 49 percent agreeing that the removal of Robredo was an admission by the administration that its war on drugs was failing.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 13, 2020 20:48 UTC