Ex-president Duterte says he never called Marcos a drug addict

Ex-president Duterte says he never called Marcos a drug addict

By: - Reporter / @zacariansINQ
/ 06:21 PM February 28, 2024

Rodrigo Duterte and Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Former President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (INQUIRER FILE PHOTOS)

MANILA, Philippines — Former president Rodrigo Duterte denied calling his successor, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. a drug addict.

“Wala akong sinabi na ganoon, even if you kill me a thousand times, wala akong sinabing ganoon,” said Duterte in a press conference late Tuesday night.

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(I did not say that; even if you kill me a thousand times, I did not say such a thing.)

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“Make it ‘taking a drug,’ pero kung sabihin mong ‘addict,’ wala akong sinabing ganiyan. Patayin ako ni Marcos niyan. Maawa ka naman sa’kin, matanda na ko,” he added.

(Make it ‘taking a drug,’ but if you say ‘addict,’ I did not say that. Marcos might kill me for that. Have mercy on me; I’m already old.) 

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The former president even claimed that Marcos was on the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s (PDEA) drug watch list.

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The PDEA denied that Marcos was included in its watchlist, as well as Duterte’s own narco-list during his administration.

Meanwhile, Marcos previously brushed off Duterte’s allegations, attributing it to his predecessor’s alleged fentanyl-use.

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