“It depends on the operational definition (of drug trafficking), but for me it would mean in the possession or selling of at least one kilo of shabu,” the senator, said when asked what would be considered drug trafficking under his proposal.[]
President Rodrigo Duterte urged Congress to restore the death penalty for illegal drugs and plunder during his fourth State of the Nation Address last month.
“We have not learned our lesson,” Duterte said, adding it was tons of shabu worth millions of pesos that funded the Marawi siege in 2017.[]
