Cardinal Flays Cayetano for Saying Drug War Was ‘Pro-Life’

Cardinal David criticizes Cayetano's defense of Duterte's drug war as pro-life

Kalookan Archbishop Cardinal Pablo David criticized connecting the Duterte administration's war on drugs as a human rights campaign, as part of pro-life efforts by Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano.

Cardinal flays Cayetano for saying drug war was ‘pro-life’

KALOOKAN Bishop Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David slammed Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano for saying that former president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs was a “pro-life campaign.”On Facebook Live on Saturday, Cayetano remarked that the “campaign against drugs is a human rights campaign. It's a pro-life campaign, because drugs kill.”On a Facebook post Sunday, David questioned whether Cayetano can personally make his remarks to the families of v…

‘You cannot rebrand violence as human rights’: Group slams Cayetano’s ‘pro-life’ defense of drug war

A network advocating evidence-based drug policies rejected Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano’s description of the Duterte administration’s anti-illegal drugs campaign as a “human rights campaign,” saying the bloody crackdown was marked by violence, fear, and impunity.In a statement issued on Monday, May 25, the ACCEPT Drug Education Network said the so-called “war on drugs” could not be reframed as a rights-based campaign despite attempts at …

Cardinal David blasts Cayetano’s ‘pro-life’ defense of Duterte drug war

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan. CBCP NEWS By CBCP News May 25, 2026 Manila, Philippines Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan criticized Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano for describing former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody drug war as a “human rights” and “pro-life”…