“GIVE me another six months.”
President Duterte on Sunday admitted that he could not stop crime and illegal drugs in three to six months.
“I never realized the problem is this big,” he said, referring to the drug problem in the country.
The President made the admission during the presentation to the media of freed Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad in Davao City.
“I can’t kill them all,” he added.
Since Duterte’s assumption to office, over 700,000 had surrendered while over 3,000 drug suspects were killed in police anti-drug operation or by assassins of drug gangs.
Stopping crime and criminality in three to six months was Duterte’s major campaign promise last May.