TACLOBAN, Leyte: It was not right to kill thousands of Filipinos to eradicate illegal drugs in the country, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Tuesday, the same day former president Rodrigo Duterte faces crimes against humanity charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC).

In his speech during the campaign rally of the Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate here, Marcos stressed that a peaceful and orderly situation in the Philippines could be achieved through effective lawmaking and not by killing thousands of Filipinos.