Thank You President Duterte

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte who is sometimes referred to as PRRD, PDuts, or Tatay Digong will be closing his term come June 2022. He will have successfully completed his 6-year term despite oppositions wishing him ill.

PRRD has received criticisms because of his war on drugs. Human rights activists are condemning him for the bloody fight against illegal drugs.

But that infuriated me. I would rally behind PRRD's back if he will be held accountable for those deaths. And I know I am not the only one. There are millions of us silently supporting him for the past six years, ordinary people who understood better what war on drugs means.

I grew up in a drug-infested community. We were seven when my playmate was raped by her drug addict uncle, there is an illegal drug trade in our neighborhood, neighbors stealing just to sustain their addiction, my cousin and his partner are drug addicts and their family is wrecked, I saw by my own eyes a couple using drugs in midday.

So when PRRD made a strong stance on illegal drugs, increasing police visibility, asking drug users to surrender, raiding drug dens, and more, I knew that my generation and the next ones will see a better Philippines.

A lot of people already died even before PRRD's war on drugs. Innocent people lost their lives because of drug related crimes. Worse, it's an open secret that people in authority are involved in the illegal drug trading and ordinary people are to keep mum about it or else, it will cost their lives.

That's why I am thankful of PRRD. He may not be the best president there is but who is the standard in my country anyway?

He has signed laws and continued infrastructure projects that the previous administrations delayed. The service that I recently availed is the 10-year validity of our passport which used to be just 5 years. This is just one of the many services that a lot of ordinary people have benefitted from.

The newly elected president has big shoes to fill in from today onwards while at the same time, prove that the corrupted image his family has been painted with is not all true.

I hope that what PRRD started will drive this nation to a better path.

THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT!!! THANK YOU!!!

My wish right now is just to see PRRD and thank him personally for all that he did. I hope he can still live long enough to see his daughter follow his path. 😙😊

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