(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed Vice President Leni Robredo’s acceptance of the co-chairmanship of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs. In a statement on Thursday, Nov. 7, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President expects Robredo would see the “realities on the ground, particularly with respect to the government’s position against extrajudicial or state-sponsored killings, and understand that deaths occur due to the violent reactions on the part of agents of the illegal drug trade […]