Duterte: BBM an addict? It’s just antibiotics, aspirin

Former president Rodrigo Duterte has retracted his previous declaration that President Marcos is a drug addict.

- DIANA LHYD SUELTO

“I did not say anything like that. Even if you kill me a thousand times, I did not say that,” Duterte said Tuesday night.

“Maybe taking a drug... but if you say addict, I did not say that. Marcos will kill me. Have mercy on me, I am old,” he added.

Duterte said that what he meant was that Marcos was taking antibiotics and aspirin, as those are drugs.

A few weeks ago, Duterte accused Marcos of taking cocaine and even dared the President to undergo a drug test in Rizal Park in Manila.

He also claimed that Marcos was in a narco list shown to him by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.

Marcos reacted to the claim of Duterte, saying that his statements may be the effect pick him up without going through an extradition process.

He also asked Marcos and his cousin, Speaker Martin Romualdez to resign, saying his voice would not be silenced until they are gone from power.