Malacañang lambasted Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David over his remarks that “the biggest lie is that this drug war is meant to eradicate illegal drugs.”
Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said, they are saddened that a man of the cloak like Bishop David, instead of focusing his attention to the spiritual needs of his flock as well as helping in the rehabilitation of those affected by the earthquake, has opted to unleash a cynical view if not an outright misrepresentation of the President’s war on drugs.
Panelo lamented that while it is true that we live in a free and democratic country, “there is however a time for reflection, introspection, quietude and the extending of hands to help the needy in times of tragedy and crisis, and this is one such time.”
The Palace spokesman further asserted that the facts on how the President addresses the problem of illegal narcotics remain exemplary as they are daring, even as they are relentless.
“It is only under this Administration where the real situation on illicit drugs in the country has been exposed in all its ugliness and terrifying magnitude. Its poisonous tentacles are continuously being cut by the government and its forces wherever they are found and however they are protected by the merchants of death,” Panelo said.
Panelo also advised Bishop David that it maybe worthwhile to heed the advice of Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle to just give succour to those affected by the recent earthquake instead of resorting to negative rhetoric against the government.
