Philippines' Duterte to VP: Keep state secrets or lose your 'drugs tsar' post

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to remove the vice president from her 'drugs tsar' post if she shared state secrets with foreign ...

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to remove the vice president from her"drugs tsar" post if she shared state secrets with foreign individuals and entities.

"She may not realise it but she could be treading on dangerous ground. It could be an overreach of the granted authority, hence the reminder," Panelo said. In an interview with GMA News aired on Saturday, Duterte said he would fire Robredo as co-chair of an inter-agency on drugs if she shared classified information because certain matters should be kept with the government.

 

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