Duterte said that uniformed officials during Aquino's term such as General Vicente Loot had drug links.
Duterte also told reporters after his speech that he had almost achieved in a year what Aquino managed to do in six years.
"Kasi sabi niya, walang nangyari sa campaign. Tingnan naman niya, in all of his six years, he was only able to seize or catch about 3,045 kilos of shabu. Ako, dito ngayon sa akin, just one year, I have already seized about 2,000–nearing 3,000 sa entire six years niya," he said.
Aquino had previously defended his administration's record against drugs, noting that the number of drug users didn't increase during his tenure.
In a statement, presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella indicated that Aquino was trying to gain political capital when he underestimated the results of the drug war.
"Comments like the above from past leaders imply a jaded cynicism borne of a history of political opportunism," he said.
Abella said the results of the anti-illegal drug campaign "speak for themselves."
"One, the Duterte administration’s anti-drug campaign resulted in the unprecedented voluntary surrender of more than 1.3 million drug personalities," he said.
"Two, 96, 703 drug personalities have been arrested in the first year of the present administration’s anti-drug campaign compared to 77,810 drug personalities arrested in the six years of the previous administration," he added.
"Three, 2,445.80 kilos of shabu has been seized in the first year of the present administration’s anti-drug campaign compared to the 3,219.07 kilos of shabu seized in the six years of the previous administration," Abella continued.
The figures were presented after Aquino pointed out that there were only 1.8 million drug users in 2015.
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