Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – After allegations by President Rodrigo Duterte that a male Presidential aspirant is a cocaine user, Manila Mayor and Presidential hopeful Isko Moreno on Wednesday, has requested the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to test him for substance abuse.
Moreno said in a statement, “Sumulat na ako sa PDEA. Nagpapaschedule na ako na ako ay itest sa cocaine, sa shabu, sa marijuana, pati solvent kung nagsolvent man ako, lahat. We are willing to be tested of course, kung ‘yun ang kinakailangan, mapapanatag ang tao. Tama ang gobyerno doon. Kung ikaw ay magiging presidente at ikaw ay drug user, how can you go fight against drugs?”
Last week, President Duterte has made a public claim that one of the Presidential aspirants is a weak leader from a known family who is also a cocaine user.
Amid the speculation, the tandem of Senator Panfilo Lacson and Senator Tito Sotto who are running in 2022 have submitted themselves for multi-drug testing at the PDEA office in Quezon City on Monday.
Presidential aspirant and former Senator Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos also took a cocaine test at a hospital and yielded a negative result, while fellow Presidential bet Senator Manny Pacquiao’s camp has released two recent negative drug test results taken in July and September for his last fight in boxing. TNF