Manila, Nov. 21 -- Former president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III should focus on the possible revival of the Mamasapano case rather than meddle with the Duterte administration's crackdown on illegal drugs, Malacanang said on Thursday.

Aquino on Wednesday said he found it "confusing" why President Rodrigo Duterte decided to appoint Vice President Leni Robredo as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) if he did not really trust her.

"He (Aquino) is better off focusing on his case pending before the Sandiganbayan, as well as taking care of his health, than touching on a matter related to the dreaded drug menace that he never gave the attention and importance it deserves during his six-year presidency," Presidentia...