MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. struck again on Monday at his firebrand predecessor Rodrigo Duterte who known as him a “drug addict”, saying the previous chief’s fentanyl use may have affected his judgment.
“I feel it is the fentanyl,” Marcos instructed reporters shortly earlier than leaving for Vietnam in response to claims made by Duterte on Sunday whereas talking at a rally in his hometown Davao towards strikes to amend the nation’s structure.
When requested in regards to the drug use accusations and the decision for him to step down, Marcos mentioned, the previous president “has been taking the drug for a really very long time now…after 5, six years, it has to have an effect on him.”
In 2016, Duterte admitted he used to take the extremely addictive artificial opioid fentanyl for ache aid after a motorcyle accident.
“I hope his docs take higher care of him,” mentioned Marcos.
Duterte additionally mentioned Marcos was included within the drug company’s so known as ‘narco-list’ that was submitted to him when he was nonetheless mayor of Davao metropolis, a cost which the Philippine Drug Enforcement Company vehemently denied.
Duterte’s accusations got here after his son, who’s the incumbent mayor of Davao, known as on Marcos to resign, citing his supposed failings to handle criminality and a overseas coverage that “endangers the lives of harmless Filipinos”.
Former president Duterte has earned worldwide rebuke for unleashing a brutal marketing campaign towards unlawful medication when he assumed energy in 2016, killing extra 6,000 sellers whom police mentioned resisted arrest throughout anti-drug operations.
The Worldwide Legal Courtroom has allowed an investigation into the killings to renew, however Marcos mentioned his authorities won’t cooperate.
(Reporting by Mikhail Flores; Modifying by Michael Perry)
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