The lawmaker said that suspected drug users and dealers had become a class of their own. A lawmaker on Sunday lamented how the campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte against illegal drugs has given way to a “class war” as poor suspected drug users are being deprived of due process. Ifugao Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat hit the supposed double-standard in the administration’s anti-drug initiative. “Our government has now created a new class of people, those who are linked to drugs. Baguilat earlier filed House Resolution 61 to investigate the recent spate of drug-related killings.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 07, 2016 04:16 UTC