Roque says Duterte’s '167 million drug users' remark just a 'typo'

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Many were quick to point out the President's figures on drug users did not add up, since they were larger than the entire Philippine population.

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Social media was abuzz on Monday night, October 19, after President Rodrigo Duterte claimed in a public address that there are “167 million” drug users in the Philippines.

Many social media users were quick to point out the figures cited by the President – as he delivered remarks about his bloody anti-illegal drug campaign – did not add up since they were larger than the entireOn Tuesday, October 20, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque clarified that Duterte’s statement had been the result of a typographical error.The Palace official added the basis of the DDB’s figures was a 2019 national household survey on the patterns of drug abuse.

Since 2016, Duterte often mentioned that the “drug addicts” in the Philippines have reached 3 to 4 million already based on “estimates” from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.2015 Nationwide Survey on the Nature and Extent of Drug Abuse in the Philippines

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Most of this administration are 'typos' 😏

Alam ko din na ung application for candidacy nya for President nung 2016, me typo error din na MAYOR 🙄🙄 tama ba?

i dont know why we entertain idea of war on drugs... no country have successfully won this battle using this method..just saying.

Everyone in the Philippines is a drug addict including rodrigo duterte.

Nakainom na naman siguro ito ng Banayad whiskey.

Ibig po ba sabihin nagbabasa lang ang presidente at hindi nag-iisip?

1.67M ..

so he juat read it without thinking....TANGA talaga

KABISOTE: memoryado ang binabasa ngunit hindi nalalaman kung alin doon ang binabasa at hindi rin alam ang kahulugan ****in a sentence: 'Kung nakababasa man at nakasusulat, hindi naman nauunawaan ang binasa’t sinulat sapagkat pawang mga KABISOTE.'

Kasama sa bilang pati mga fake accounts ng mga trolls niya. Alam na!

Inutile. Serving the inutiles.

Bobo talaga.

Big deal for the drug addicts. Nasaktan sila kasi naiba ang bilang nila.

kabilang pala ako sa mga adik😆😆😆baka matokhang ako nito😊😊😊..doble ingat self😊

yung mga buntis, pagkapanganak nyo sa babies nyo pa-rehab nyo na agad. kasama yan sa 167M na adik 🤣😂🤣😂

bakit mga pilipino lang ba ang adik sa bansa? E yung mga transients at foreigners hindi mo bibilangin roque? Ang tanga tanga mo kahit pa sabihin mong mali ang numero

ay

Ahuhuhu daming “typo” ng admin na ito. Pero yung mga DDSalot na KAPOS AT HIKAHOS sa IQ, paulit-ulit ang banat sa mga kritiko.

there they go again

When you voted for a clown, then you'll get a clown.

this administration is a typo 😢😭

Alam talaga na TABOGO, hindi man lang na isip na may mali..

Hahahaha.. ay yay yay.

that perhaps should have been 16.7M. sounds familiar.

baka nga 16million at lahat ng ito at DDS na bumuto kay Duterte 🤣🤣

Dutz is a typo.

Ho-hum

Wala naman kasi nangyari sa drugwar niya ... Lumala lang lalo ...😡😡😡

At hindi nmn nya napansin ang ganung error?

office of the president nag ka typo error? kakistocracy

Mr. President ang population po ng ating bansang pilipinas ay 109,581,078 million & drug addict en users r 167 million lagpas s population a!!! 🤔🙂✌️

Daming Bobo

Presidente ka di mo alam ilan ang populasyon ng nasasakupan mo ? Puro kasi no to drugs lang utak di ayan 🙄

Not surprised. He's the typocal inutil. 🙄

Whatever happened to proof reading. Tatay Digong you better start firing your writers.

His presidency is a typographical error.

Emphasis on the verses

Just a typo error,,lets not make big of a deal about it; just like this government a huge error.

Sa presinto ka na lang magpaliwanag!

Yan ang hirap pag nakainom ung speaker sa presscon eh..

So they are saying that the President doesn’t understand what he is reading?

Duterte being Duterte and Roque cleaning after Duterte.

Reading a script on an edited video and still it gets published. I he's not the only one with senility.

So puro lang hambog pala. Kamusta naman nahuli nyong Big Time Drug Dealer? Laki pa naman budget ng intel funds nyo dyan. Naging ka berks nyo na ba kaya wala lang.

Kung nagiisip si Duterte malalaman niya na typo error yon. Kaso inutil nga

A meat puppet by the people around him and China. Nakakaawang matanda, sana patahimikin na natin siya at kung gustong mag resign, let him be. Sayang lang oras sa kanya e.

Di na nakakahiya yan? On national tv pa naman. Eh, kung sa CNN International yan, or sa Fox, or sa Al Jazeera? 😨🤒🌋

the only one who doesnt know we dont have 167M people presidente lang naman sya..

Si haydarian di pa nagka-clarify sa 40M strong nya..si leni pinandigan na ang 40 x 4..

so ano talaga, 16.7million, 1.67 million? di namn kinorek!!

Hindi na nga live yung speech hindi pa rin inedit out yung part na yon. My gosh.

These are presidential pronouncements, no one’s fact checking them? Seryoso?

1.67 is still very little improvement from 1.8M in June 2016.

tama naman si piduts. yung mga ipapanganak pa lang kasi binilang na nya. ibig sabihin lalong lumala ang droga sa panahon nya. change scamming.

That's what happens if you always exaggerate things to push your agenda.

ao even DUTAE himself failed to analyze a simple data....kung di ba naman TANGA!!!!

The result of Fentanyl OD🤣

Pagbigyan niyo na si tatay Digong. He's too busy saving all 167M of us from COVID to be bothered to proof read his speech before going on air.

Baka naman typo lang din yung 16M votes nung presidential election 🥴

Palusot na naman kayo. That’s what happens when you get used to fudging the numbers like with the DOH Covid-19 data rhat keeps shifting and gets “miraculous” adjustments on Sundays.

4.5B Intelfund tas alibi typo? adik ... sure na.

If it’s a typo, what is the correct number pls?

Hahaha. Hindi ko na expect na typo error ang palusot.😂 so wala syang idea kung ilan ang mga citizens na pinamumunuan nya! 🥴🤔

He's a stupid president then because he does not even know what is the current population of the country. He should know it by heart!

So is it 16M? Hmmm familiar number...

“kung may gusot, may lusot”

Baka sa books nila 167M ang population na pinaglalaanan nila ng budget hahaha la la la la

Taga Correctional pala si Harry ano ho?

Parang yung 70 admins lang nung isang Asec typo error lang daw hahaha

haha overpopulated na pla tayo 😂🤣

His entire existence is a typo

Can his stint as President be considered a 'Typo'? :P

so ilan ba tlg? 🤧

Pero when Ressa misspoke about the number of affected ABS employees, w/c she corrected later, she was branded as a liar and fake news peddler, despite walking back on her figures. So, has the president corrected himself?

Is the President unable to think while reading? It's getting more obvious that (1) he doesn't know what he's saying and (2) his brain is not working. Also, that they're most likely fabricating all these numbers of 'drug users'

The fact that the President and the best and brightest at the palace failed to notice the typo already says a LOT.

NAAAAAAAAPAKATANGANG TYPO NAMAN NYAN. Ang laki ng intelligence fund ng Office of the President, pero hindi makapag-present ng very basic, verified, and correct information.

Partida pa ha, 2 out of 100 pa lang daw yon ng mga Pilipino! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA SUPER CLOWNNNNN

his whole presidency has been a typo

Kung di na kasi kaya gayahin na si Shinzo Abe.🤦🏻‍♂️

Is the video pre-taped or live? regardless did the office of dangerous drugs does not know the population of the philippines Omg i hate drugs.

Palusot.🥳🐢

Hindi ba nya alam ang population ng Pilipinas na kahit maki binasa pa tin nya? Hindi man lang sya nag duda na mali yon? Malakas ba ang tama?

Sa sobrang paikot ikot at divertionary, namamali. Etong usaping palpak na drug war ay inungkat lang para ilihis ang mga tunay na issue, ang palpak na pag handle ng pandemya at ekonomiya Ang problema, kahit saan ilihis e palpak lahat.

wala ng narinig na tama at disente mula sa gobyerno ng pilipinas. puro malimali at lahat biro. wËw

napaisip tuloy ako, ilan ang population ng Pilipinas?

Lagi na lang

Drama lang yan.

Sana nag mura nalang siya ng nagmura para walang mali, dun lang siya magaling eh 😂

hahahaha the best and daa braytest 🤡🤡🤡💩💩💩⚰️⚰️⚰️💀💀

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