Published February 26, 2021, 1:45 PM Senate President Vicente Sotto III underscored the need for a single agency to tackle and enforce all programs against illegal drugs following the fatal shootout between members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Quezon City. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Alex Nueva España / Senate PRIB / FILE PHOTO) “The misencounter between PDEA and PNP shows the wisdom and ripeness of my bill creating a united Presidential Drug Enforcement Authority,” Sotto told reporters in a message on Thursday, February 25. Sotto referred to his Senate Bill No. 3, which seeks to establish a “Presidential Drug Enforcement Authority” to serve as the “supervising agency for the proper, more effective and efficient implementation” of the Republic Act No. 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.