PhilippinesDear President Robredo has threatened to disclose confidential information about the fight against drugs after Duterte removed her from the campaign.

"When I got this job, I asked Duterte was ready to choose me? My question to you is what are you afraid of now? Are you afraid of what I found out? Are you afraid if the public knows those things?" ? ", Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo said during a press conference broadcast live on his personal Facebook on November 25.

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (front, right) and Vice President Leni Robredo (black shirt) at the National Police Academy in Cavite, south of Manila, March 2017 Photo: Reuters

Ms. Robredo vowed to share with the public the information she discovered about President Rodrigo Duterte running her anti-drug campaign. The statement was made a day after the Vice President of Women, after she was dismissed from the position of co-chair of the Interdepartmental Drugs Committee (IACD) by President Duterte.

"If they think I'm going to stop here then they don't understand me, I'm just getting started," she said. "They cannot undo my determination to end the murders, force those involved to take responsibility and win the war against drugs."

Robredo is a former human rights lawyer and leader of the Philippine opposition. She was appointed by Duterte to take charge of the war on drugs on October 31, after repeatedly criticizing the campaign.

Shortly after being appointed by Duterte, she met with the representative of the United Nations Office on Crime and Drugs (UNODC) and the US embassy to discuss drugs, which she thought should be addressed below. Social and health perspective.

However, Duterte accuses Robredo of harming the country by drawing international attention to the war on drugs and going too far in an attempt to find confidential information.

Salvador Panelo, a spokesman for Duterte, said yesterday that Robredo was fired from the council because she was "incompetent" and "failed to come up with new measures" to effectively combat the threat of drugs. .

Robredo's allies were not surprised by the decision, arguing that she was rigged up to power and then fired. "Will the President let his opponent succeed in the fight against drugs while he himself is defeated," opposition lawmaker Edcel Lagman said in an interview with ANC television.

The President and Vice President of the Philippines are elected separately, so the two leaders often disagree. Duterte repeatedly criticized his "incompetent" deputy, while Robredo repeatedly condemned his "bloody" drug campaign.

Duterte has launched a war on drugs since taking office in 2016, allowing police to shoot and kill suspects on site without trial. Many groups fighting for human rights believe the death toll in the Philippine president's campaign has reached tens of thousands.