‘Presidentiables’ target criminals
WHILE thousands of supporters cheered on the five presidential aspirants at their individual kick-off rallies Tuesday, criminals must have quaked in their boots, as four of the candidates specifically said crime would be a priority target of their administration.
“I will have criminals killed and I don’t like drugs. Get out of here if you’re into drugs,” Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said in Tondo on Tuesday.
READ: Duterte: I will have criminals killed
In Capiz province, Liberal Party standard-bearer Mar Roxas said: “We will not lose to abusers, to fraudsters and most importantly, we will not lose to thieves.”
READ: Roxas: We will not lose to abusers, fraudsters and thieves
In Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, Manila, Sen. Grace Poe quoted her father’s famous movie line: “Puno na ang salop (Enough is enough)… our tolerance for corruption is at its end.”
READ: Grace Poe reprises FPJ: ‘Puno na ang salop’
In Batac City, Ilocos Norte province, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago promised that “all the people who stole the people’s money shall be sent promptly to brand-new jails… They can choose their jail, but they will all be jailed.”
READ: Miriam: Corrupt will be given choice of jail–ordinary, business or first-class
Vice President Jejomar Binay was strangely silent on the twin issues during his rally at Nueve de Pebrero in Mandaluyong City, and focused instead on rosy campaign promises.
READ: Binay promises free uniforms, books, expanded CCT, tax cuts
