DAVAO City Rep. Paolo Duterte has filed a bill that will require all elected and appointed officials, including the president, to undergo 'mandatory random' drug testing every six months. Under the bill, officials who test positive may be suspended or terminated from office.

Aside from encountering constitutional obstacles to his bill, the eldest child of former president Rodrigo Duterte is also likely to be questioned about his motives for proposing it, coming as it does after his father's very public accusation that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is a drug addict, and after a pro-Duterte group released a now-debunked video purportedly showing the Chief Executive sniffing white substances.