#eo 70

Duterte’s E.O.70 does not authorize illegal searches and arrests

There must be some confusion— no provision in the Executive Order 70 of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte that authorizes illegal searches, planting of evidence, illegal arrests and murders. What sets this order apart from those issued by former strongman Ferdinand Marcos is its adoption of the “whole of nation” approach in dealing, and solving, the insurgency problem.

What, precisely is the whole of…