Will he change the drug laws
What are the drug laws in the Philippines?
Possession of even small amounts of any illicit drug in the Philippines attracts mandatory jail sentences. Police and other authorities have been publicly encouraged to kill suspected drug traffickers who resist arrest. Violating local laws may result in a jail sentence, served in a local prison. Sentences are severe.
“Will he change the drug laws”
Pretty OBVIOUS by his name, BongBong.
Yep. And still, there are tons of “untouchable” drug dealers.
It used to be the typical criminal enterprise corrupt local officials (governors, mayors, police chiefs) were making money off of was the numbers racket (the usual term is “jueteng”). They took protection money from jueteng operators. President Joseph Estrada was impeached for taking jueteng payoffs from other public officials.
Ok, corruption is corruption, but jueteng, illegal gamblung though it is, is a mild sort of vice. These days though it is drugs, specfically “shabu”, crystal meth. Thats something much worse.