By Jigger J. Jerusalem, Philippine News Agency CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Aug. 10 -– Secretary Martin Andanar has defended the President’s disclosure of the names on the list of drug personalities in the country that included judges, politicians, policemen, and military personnel. Andanar, who heads the Presidential Communications Office (PCO), told local media Tuesday that President Rodrigo Duterte did not err in disclosing the names in a televised speech. “The drug list and names of the personalities involved underwent a thorough and a very rigorous process,” Andanar said. Photo courtesy of politics.com.ph The list that President Duterte read in a televised speech over the weekend contained the names of judges, politicians, and police officers who are or have been reported to be either drug lords or protectors of drug traders, several of whom were already dead or have retired from government service. Andanar said before the national police and the [...]
