President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. did not talk about the war on drugs in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) because it is "of internal matter" and it will take a whole SONA to discuss it, he said.
He may have not included it in his first SONA, but Marcos reiterated his previous statement that the anti-illegal drug campaign initiated by the previous administration will continue under his term but in a different way.
He also explained his reason for opting out the agenda from his speech.
"I didn’t because I had already explained it and I think it's of an internal matter," he said during an interview with television host Toni Gonzaga on Toni Talks.
"The war on drugs will continue but we have to do it in a different way. Until we formulate fully our policies," he added.
The President also said that policies are already being formulated and it would "take another whole SONA just to explain" it.
Marcos bared that there is currently a working group putting together the policies for the implementation of his administration's anti-illegal drug campaign.
"Even as we speak, there are a working group putting together... They knew war on drugs. We are looking more for in the upstream, upstream of the problem, the prevention," he said.
The Chief Executive said they are currently formulating "the best way for the rehabilitation" and other areas of the campaign such as the enforcement side.