Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Wilkins Villanueva claimed that a member of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) did not follow standard procedures when they were supposedly conducting a buy-bust operation prior to the deadly encounter last February 24.
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Published February 27, 2021, 8:01 PM
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous is suspending its scheduled inquiry on the deadly “misencounter” between members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Quezon City last Wednesday.
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, the committee’s head, on Saturday sent out a notice to his colleagues about the postponement of their inquiry on the February 24 shootout between the PDEA and the PNP and the implementation of the country’s anti-drug laws.
“Postponed indefinitely ang sa amin (Our hearing will be postponed indefinitely),” he said in a text message sent to reporters Saturday night.
Published February 26, 2021, 1:45 PM
Senate President Vicente Sotto III underscored the need for a single agency to tackle and enforce all programs against illegal drugs following the fatal shootout between members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Quezon City.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Alex Nueva España / Senate PRIB / FILE PHOTO)
“The misencounter between PDEA and PNP shows the wisdom and ripeness of my bill creating a united Presidential Drug Enforcement Authority,” Sotto told reporters in a message on Thursday, February 25.
Sotto referred to his Senate Bill No. 3, which seeks to establish a “Presidential Drug Enforcement Authority” to serve as the “supervising agency for the proper, more effective and efficient implementation” of the Republic Act No. 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
(Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
In a list released by Senate President Vicente Sotto III Monday, the establishment of a department for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is second in the Upper Chamber’s priorities after the proposed National Land Use Act.
Earlier, senators decided to defer discussions on the proposed OFW department and other new agencies to address first the government’s bloated bureaucracy. President Duterte recently certified it as an urgent measure.
But Sotto later said he is already inclined to vote for the creation of OFW department since it would support his push for the rightsizing of the government, as it would put all existing OFW-related agencies in one body.