‘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.

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