Documentary Script

TOPIC:

The battle of drugs in the Philippine during

Duterte’s administration and assess
(TITLE: Duterte and the Philippines' War on Drugs.) - 5 minutes to 10 minutes

Introduction:
TITLE: Duterte and the Philippines' War on Drugs.

VISUALS: ANY CLIPS DURING DRUG ON WAR

PERSON 1: Rodrigo Duterte has waged a war on drugs since coming into office as president of
the Philippines in June 2016 that has seen thousands of accused drug users and dealers killed
extrajudicially across the nation. According to John Gershman, an authority on Philippine
politics, the president of the Philippines views drug use and addiction as "significant barriers to
the Philippines' economic and social advancement." One of Duterte's main domestic initiatives
is the drug war, which is an expansion of the measures he first put in place while serving as
mayor of Davao. After expressing worry over Duterte's drug war, the United States halted
poverty funding to the Philippines in December 2016.
TRANSITION

VISUALS: Sa mga clips here not during drug on war but during mayor pa si President
Duterte. Read yung script sa baba nito for better understanding.

NARRATIVE (VO): In Davao, where the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos had ended, crime was
rampant, and Duterte cracked down on both drug-related crime and general criminality. Human
rights organizations in the Philippines and abroad first criticized him for his tenure as mayor
because he effectively supported extrajudicial killings carried out by the "Davao Death Squad."

NARRATIVE (VO): Additionally, Duterte had success in his talks with the Philippine
Communist Party. He promoted a reasonably aggressive anti-poverty program while serving as
mayor and was generally regarded as sympathetic to their concerns about poverty, inequality,
and housing. In the Philippines, he introduced the first law prohibiting smoking in public, and
he has stated that he will do the same across the country. He was also engaged in public health
concerns.
TRANSITION

CONTENT: How did the Philippine drug on war starts?

VISUALS: Black Background then text lang “How did the Philippine drug on war starts?”

PERSON 2: During his presidential campaign, Rodrigo Duterte asserted that drug use and
trafficking were significant roadblocks to the Philippines' economic and social development. He
committed a large-scale crackdown on drug traffickers and addicts while serving as mayor of
Davao, one of the biggest cities in the Philippines on the southern island of Mindanao. Duterte
urged the populace to "go ahead and kill" drug addicts when he took office in June.
PERSON 3: Due to the conditions it has produced, many have come to believe that it is
acceptable to kill drug users and dealers, and his speech has therefore been widely interpreted as
an encouragement of extrajudicial killings. Attacks by vigilantes against alleged or suspected
drug traffickers and addicts appear to have followed. The police are doing extensive sweeps.
High-ranking politicians and other powerful figures who were reportedly involved in the drug
trade were listed by the Philippine National Police.
TRANSITION

VISUALS: Text lang ulit “During Duterte and The Philippine Drug on war” then before
nito clips na ng mga drug on war

NARRATIVE VO: Even though there aren't as many killings each day as there were during the
campaign's initial year in 2016–2017, they still happen often. Early on in the campaign, the
majority of the deaths took place in the cities that make up the enormous Metro Manila region,
which contains numerous underprivileged neighborhoods where drug raids frequently take
place. But more recently, the violence has spread to neighboring provinces like Bulacan, Cavite,
and Laguna. In other urban regions, particularly in the province of Cebu in the center of the
Philippine Islands, the killings have gotten worse.

NARRATIVE VO: According to official data from the Philippine National Police and the
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, as of January 31, 2020, 5,601 people had died as a result
of the "drug war." More than 27,000 people, according to the national commission on human
rights and domestic human rights organizations, have allegedly been killed by police, police
officers, or unidentified assailants.

NARRATIVE VO: The overwhelming majority of these killings have not been properly
investigated. According to the Philippine Department of Justice in January 2019, just 76 deaths
have led to investigations. Even then, only 33 resulted in court cases and 5 were pending before
the Office of the Prosecutor, while the prosecutor dismissed half – 38 cases.
TRANSITIONS

VISUALS: Text ulit “How does Duterte manage to win this war on drugs?”

PERSON 4: Due of Duterte's ability to act pro-actively and treat the drug problem in a non-
constructive approach with massive human rights violations, the Philippine legal system is
exceedingly slow and regarded as corrupt.

PERSON 5: Additionally, despite a corrupt, elite-dominated political system and a slow,

incompetent, and equally corrupt legal system, people are prepared to put up with this politician
because they believed in what they said they would accomplish and are now seeing results.

PERSON 6: Since there are no trials, there is no proof that the victims of drug-related murders
are actually drug dealers or users. This situation demonstrates the frailty of human rights
language and institutions in the face of an effective and well-liked populist leader. It's not like
when activists were persecuted under the first Aquino government or when college students
were detained during the Marcos era when there was a public outcry. Drug users and sellers
belong to a stigmatized group, and stigmatized groups frequently struggle to secure political
support for the protection of their rights.
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VISULAS: Text lang ulit “What is the public reaction to the duterte drug on war?”

PERSON 7: In the Philippines, there is strong public support for the fight on drugs from all
social classes. Duterte has an approval rating of about 86 percent according to the most recent
nationwide poll on presidential performance and trust ratings, which was conducted from
September 25 to October 1 by Pulse Asia Research.

PERSON 8: Despite the fact that some people are worried about these deaths, they still support
him as president because of his views on other matters. His economic plan, for instance, is
comparatively progressive and centers on reducing economic inequality.

PERSON 9: Additionally, Duterte is in favor of a number of anti-poverty initiatives. The most

recent quarterly report from the World Bank speaks favorably of Duterte's economic ambitions.
People do not view the drug war as a war on the poor because he wants to focus on issues of
social and economic injustice.