The Duterte administration will be going down Philippine history as the era of the most relentless campaign against illegal drugs.
Bloody as it may have necessarily been, this was the most successful administration to fight the drug menace in the country.
President Duterte made his vow to stop illegal drugs during his watch. He may not be totally successful, but he definitely made a dent on the illegal drugs syndicate.
There is less than two months before the May 9 polls, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is keeping its fingers crossed that the next administration will continue the relentless campaign against illegal drugs.
PDEA chief Wilkins Villanueva in a radio interview on Friday said the campaign against illegal drugs must be sustained and he can only wish the next President will recognize that by continuing the drug rehabilitation and reformation program spearheaded by the Duterte administration for the benefit of the future generation.
The joint cooperation of law enforcement agencies under the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) established in 2019 played a key factor to the successful operations.
Solving the drug problem may still be a daunting task for the agencies in government assigned with the difficult task of eradicating the drugs problem.
It will take the next leader to value the efforts made by the present administration to keep our country free from the menace of drugs, or at least as safe as we are at the moment.
