Former president Rodrigo Duterte is not interested to serve as an anti-drug czar under the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Joey Dalumpines/Presidential Photo) “Mukha hindi na rin tama (It doesn’t seem right anymore),” Duterte said Wednesday, May 31, at a midnight interview with Pastor Apollo Quiboloy aired on SMNI. Duterte explained Marcos is now the duly elected president so “it is his duty to enforce the law and solve crimes.” During his term from 2016 to 2022, the former president carried out a “war on drugs” to stamp out criminality and rid the country of drug offenders. His administration’s bloody anti-drug campaign killed more than 6,000 drug suspects, according to government data, but human rights groups believe this figure could reach up to 30,000 if it includes the victims of vigilante-style killings. The former president was asked if he would consider to serve as anti-drug czar under the current administration, but he rejected the idea, thus leaving the job to Marcos to address the country’s illegal drug problem. “Let us give Marcos the greatest elbow room leeway to do his job in just one year,” Duterte said, stressing “it’s a matter of leadership.” Last month, Senator Bong Go, a close friend of the former president, asked Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Maj. Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. if Duterte serving as anti-drug czar would help the government’s campaign against illegal drugs. This question was raised during the Senate’s probe into the alleged cover-up in the multi-billion shabu haul last October.