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A co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) is vastly different from an Anti-Drug Czar

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A co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) is vastly different from an Anti-Drug Czar which was previously “offered” by President Duterte to Vice President Leni Robredo.

The diluted position validates the fear that the Vice President is being set up to fail.

No less than Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Chief Aaron Aquino, the Chair of ICAD, ominously predicted that Robredo would fail.

The Vice President is being thrown into a composite of an inter-agency committee with no less than 20 agencies as members pursuant to Executive Order No. 15 which created the ICAD on March 6, 2017.

As Co-Chair of ICAD, the Vice President, before she could act, will have to contend with the Chair and the multiple membership of ICAD.

 

EDCEL C. LAGMAN