Marcos: PH closer to bringing Teves back

by CATHERINE S. VALENTE ManilaTimes.net

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the government is getting closer to bringing embattled Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. back to the Philippines after East Timor’s “quick” rejection of his application for political asylum.

Marcos mentioned East Timor’s decision to turn down the asylum request of Teves during a bilateral meeting with East Timor’s Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak on the sidelines of the 42nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia on Thursday, May 11.

During the meeting, Marcos thanked Ruak for the prompt action, saying it would now be easier for authorities to bring Teves back to the country to answer the allegations against him.

“In denying his request for political asylum, then we are going closer in the case to bringing him back home to face the allegations that have been

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Duterte says these were ‘never intended’ by CATHERINE S. VALENTE ManilaTimes.net

FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte agreed with the recent remarks of his successor, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., that abuses were committed during his administration’s war on illegal drugs but insisted that “those were never intended.”

During his program “Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa” aired on SMNI News, Duterte was asked to comment on Marcos’ reply to a question on the alleged abuses during a forum in Washington last week.

“Yes, that was allegedly attributed to the president. I am not sure if he was quoted in the complete context of the statement. I am sure that it was not intended to criticize me because he knows how hard it is to be president, especially with the serious problem right now,” Duterte said.

“You know what I am supposed to do. I cannot be libertarian; I can only be a stoic human being dedicated to enforce the law because you are the implementers,

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