Leni’s security aide probed for partner’s drug links

A security aide assigned to the Office of the Vice President was relieved after his live-in partner was included in the list of drug personalities of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD).

Vice presidential spokesperson Georgina Hernandez confirmed that the partner of Police Officer 3 Joey Regulacion was among those who surrendered to authorities after she was included in the Oplan Tokhang list of the city police. “The security detail has been transferred to his mother unit pending further investigation by the Philippine National Police. The Vice President is saddened to learn about the incident and supports all investigation efforts regarding the matter so that reputations and lives are not damaged,” she added. Barangay Culiat chairman Vic Bernardo earlier claimed that two of Regulacion’s siblings are also included in the watchlist of drug personalities. More gov’t agencies join campaign Also yesterday, Vice President Leni Robredo said that the Duterte administration’s anti-drug war is falling into place, with more government agencies cooperating in the campaign. While admitting that six months would not be enough to address the entire problem, particularly the rehabilitation of drug addicts who have surrendered, Robredo noted that cooperation among different agencies has strengthened the campaign. “The government now has a plan and it is evolving. If we can improve on it, we will improve on it,” the Vice President said during an interview in Naga City yesterday. Robredo earlier requested a briefing from the Department of Interior and Local Government to determine the government’s plan on rehabilitating around 700,000 people who admitted to using drugs. She balked at a report of the Department of Health, which supposedly claimed that only 10 percent of the agency’s budget would be committed for the rehabilitation of drug addicts. Robredo said President Duterte should not be left alone in the campaign, adding that she volunteered her office to be active in community rehabilitation. “We have a lot of experience here in Naga of institutions that address not just rehabilitation but also prevention. I volunteered that we assign areas that we can make as models,” she said. Robredo cited the importance of rehabilitating drug dependents as part of the campaign against illegal drugs. - Janvic Mateo