Edge Davao 8 Issue 216

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VOL. 8 ISSUE 216 • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016

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FUMING. Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte fumes after his name was dragged in the drug, carnapping, and smuggling activities in the city. The vice mayor said during a press briefing yesterday that a politician from Manila is behind the black propaganda which is targeted against his father, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, who is running for President. Lean Daval Jr.

DEATH FOR RAIDERS Duterte vows to kill ‘Great Raid’planners EDGEDAVAO Sports D By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR. abf@edgedavao.net

AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte told detractors allegedly planning to plant drugs in the city that he will kill them if they pursue their plan. In a press briefing at Harana Restaurant late night Monday, Duterte said he had received intelligence reports that law enforcers from the National Capital Region (NCR) will “fabricate” a shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) laboratory in the city in order to discredit him and derail his presidential bid.

“If I see you carrying shabu anywhere, whether you are from the military, police, or PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) to set us up, I’ll kill you. I will not wait to be President, ” he said. Former North Cotabato Governor Emmanuel Piñol had earlier said an operation dubbed “The Great Raid” is being hatched involving special anti-drug units of the government that will be fielded to Davao City to swoop down on a “drug laboratory” here. Piñol said the raid is intended to destroy Duterte’s

image as an anti-drug crusader and suggest that Duterte is involved in the drug trade himself. In his verified Facebook page, Piñol said the raid is being planned by political operators to destroy and derail Duterte’s presidential bid. Last Monday, Duterte told the law enforcers that they are gambling “not only with money but their lives.” “Kung mag-fabricate kayo (If you fabricate) as a propaganda for a presidential candidate, I advise you not do it. Do not do it. I will break your

heart. I will break somebody else’s heart,” he added. Duterte said if he becomes President, he will not give such law enforcers “a chance to survive.” He also said he is not the only one who runs the anti-illegal drug campaign in the city. He said Task Force Davao, the Davao City Police Office (DCPO), and other law enforcement agencies conduct their own operations. “Do not discredit me because it will reflect on the military and eventually on the

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