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(crowd chanting) >> we will be asking general bato dela rosa where are we on the war on drugs?ell rings) (cheers and applause) >> (speaking filipino) >> modator: >> a reminder to the audience, please behave. please shospect to all the candidates. thank you very much. >> the big problem is (speaking filipino) >> (speaking filipino) >> if u wage a war on drugs, you cannot be selective in the implementation of justice. (speaking filipino) (cheers and applause) >> sir, very calmly. >> (speaki filipino) (cheers and applause) >> time's up, sir. (speaking filipino) >> it will become a narco state. >> it's not the pnp's joble to kill pe it is to protect the people. there is overstretch of power en journalists are arrested. there is an overstretch of power when local governments are afraid to host the otso diretso in their locations. there is an overstretch of powe when not question his rape jokes and statements against women. (cheers and applause) silence, silence of the public means there is an overstretch of too much power by our executive, the president. ♪ >> we are in the last few