PAOLO Duterte resigned as vice mayor of Davao City in December 2017, months after he was implicated in the smuggling of P6.4 billion worth of illegal drugs. He refused to undergo a drug test or bare his back, which supposedly had a dragon-like tattoo signifying his membership in a triad.

Fast forward to 2024; Duterte, the incumbent representative of Davao City in Congress and son of former president Rodrigo Duterte, files a bill seeking to require random drug tests on all elected and appointed government officials, including the president, every six months.

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