The success of President Rody Duterte's War on Drugs means so much to me because, apart of course from the fact that the illegal drug trade has corrupted every facet of Filipino society, I have two very personal reasons:
1) I was nearly killed by a drug addict who mugged me and left me for dead in 2001. I was a campaign volunteer for a monkey for a senator who is now so noisy, brandishing his idiocy for all the world to see. You have to watch the video for context.
2) I was actually in Ozamiz in the months before the 2010 elections to support my best friend's mom Connie Lim who dared face the Parojinogs. I worked with women, senior citizens, and youth volunteers who believed change can be had through the electoral process. Tita Connie led in all the surveys, her lead surely insurmountable; alas, the Parojinogs used their guns, goons, and connections in government to intimidate, cheat, subvert the will of the people and eventually further perpetuate themselves into power.
I experienced all that firsthand. So Rappler's slanted story focusing on one anonymous relative (assuming that relative actually exists) is a grave insult on the people who have been waiting for this for years.
Suffice it to say, this victory against them, this is personal. If I was there I would've pulled the trigger myself and left no one alive."
Mike Acebedo Lopez
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