![]() In an interview with radio dzBB, Dela Rosa said: “We felt pity for those who are crammed in jails. Morales said psychologists or psychiatrists should take part in evaluating the proposed measure because they know the “state of mind” of drug users. “The bill is good for the ears but it’s actually foolishness,” Laban ng Pamilyang Pilipino chairperson Jonathan Morales said to GMA News. “While this could be considered as a belated move, we fully welcome the proposed legislation to decriminalize illegal drugs use,” the Free Legal Assistance Group through its chairman, Jose Manuel “Chel” Diokno, said in a social media post.ĭiokno stressed that “drug addiction is a health problem that, according to experts, is addressed through rehabilitation and other humane means.”īut an anti-drugs advocacy group expressed its opposition to Dela Rosa’s measure, warning of its possible dangers to the community. The former national police chief, who led the Duterte administration’s bloody war on illegal drugs, cited the sharp opposition of law enforcement agencies to the bill, which he said he filed out of pity for those who were arrested and seeing the outcome of having congested jails.Ī staunch human rights group backed Dela Rosa’s proposal on Friday. 202 as it contains other meaningful proposals, Dela Rosa said he is rethinking his stand after hearing the arguments during the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs’ discussion this week. While he clarified he is not withdrawing Senate Bill No. Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, who recently authored a bill that seeks to decriminalize the use of illegal drugs in the country, said Friday he is now having second thoughts about pursuing the measure.
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