Local execs cleared of drug ties won’t receive any gov’t incentives, says Palace

Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/JOAN BONDOC

Local executives with “untainted reputation” on illegal drugs trade should not expect any incentives from the government for doing their job, a Palace official said on Thursday.

Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella issued the statement a day after Malacañang announced that it would release names of local officials untainted of the drug menace.

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“First and foremost, I doubt if there will be incentives given for doing what their job is anyway or not doing what they should not be doing, it will be based on intelligence reports that are validated,” Abella said.

Various local officials including law enforcers and judges have been identified on the list released by President Rodrigo Duterte as having linked to the illegal drugs trade.

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“In a few days, maglalabas kami ng listahan ng mga matitinong (we will release a list of clean) LGU (local government unit) officials,” Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said on Wednesday.

Andanar said the idea came after his meeting with Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea.

“We thought that it was also proper to celebrate the untainted reputation of LGU executives when it comes to illegal drugs,” he said.

“Based on the list there are more clean governors and mayors than LGU executives who are suspected to be in the illegal drugs business,” he added. RAM/TVJ