A total of 124 government officials in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) have surrendered to the authorities in connection with the ongoing campaign of the government against illegal drugs.
Data from the Police Regional Office Cordillera shows that among those who surrendered in Mountain Province are a Board Member, a mayor, a barangay chairman and four public school teachers.
In Abra, a mayor, an ex-mayor, five municipal councilors, 18 barangay chairmen, 20 barangay kagawads (councilor), five tanods (watchmen), 16 government employees, two public school teachers, and two Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) members.
In Ifugao, a councilor, an ex-councilor, a barangay captain, and a kagawad surrendered, while in Kalinga, councilor, a barangay chairman, five kagawads, on village watchman, and a government employee turned themselves in.
According to Chief Superintendent Elmo Sarona, most of those who surrendered submitted themselves to the police to clear their names. Others, however admitted using illegal drugs.
Mayor Reynaldo "Bobot" Flores, who is among those who surrendered, says he does not harbor ill feelings towards the president for tagging him as a "high-value target" on illegal drugs.
Aside from Flores, the President also named Mayor Martin De Guzman of Bauang town, Mayor Dante Garcia of Tubao town, and former Congressman Eufranio Eriguel, who all denied to be involved in any illegal drug activities.
"I don't blame the President. This is the work of God. If It was mentioned again, then media and investigators will come to me. So what I would tell them again is about the shabu laboratory," said Flores.
Flores named the mastermind behind the shabu laboratory discovered by authorities in July 2008 in Barangay Bimmotobot in Naguilian.
The officials are closely being monitored by the police to make sure they do not return to their old ways.
Source: Manila Bulletin
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