Philippine Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo speaks during an interview with Reuters in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Ronn Bautista NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte should allow the United Nations to investigate his war on drugs, and abandon a deadly campaign that has been failure and a dent on the country's international image, its vice president said on Wednesday.
The crackdown has overwhelmingly targeted the poor rather than big drugs networks, Leni Robredo said in an interview, adding that Duterte's violent rhetoric was aiding a culture of police impunity for which international help should be sought if the government refused to change tack.
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