• December 30, 2024
  • Ang Diyaryong Pinagkakatiwalaan

Akbayan files ‘Kian Bill’, pushes for a humane and health based approach to drug policy

AKBAYAN Partylist Rep. Perci Cendaña today filed the “Kian Bill” also known as the Public Health Approach to Drug Use Act to provide humane solutions to the drug problem while also giving robust protections for individuals’ rights. According to Rep. Cendaña the proposed bill is a 180-degree turn from the previous Duterte administration’s bloody war on drugs which killed more than 30,000 people.

 

 

“The Kian Bill prevents the killing of more innocent Kians. Imbes na dahas at bala, solusyon natin ang magbigay ng karampatang lunas at direktang lingap sa mga drug users,” according to Rep. Cendaña.

 

 

“The proposed law bans the use of Tokhang or drug lists, torture, unlawful police interference, and other cruel methods used in the drug war,” Rep. Cendaña stressed.

 

 

The Kian Bill also has a counterpart measure in the upper house filed by Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros. The bill provides a community-based health approach and social support interventions.

 

 

Recently, the war on drugs has received greater public scrutiny with the House of Representatives’ QuadComm investigating former President Duterte’s involvement in EJKs coupled with his recent admission in the Senate of the existence of the Davao Death Squad, his admin’s past PNP chiefs’ involvement, and ordering police officers to provoke drug suspects to justify their killing. (Vina de Guzman)

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