“EU? Fuck you. You pretended to be imbued with humanity, now there are many people who are dying in the high seas”, Duterte said. I tell them, [expletive] you.
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Duterte, whose bloody campaign on drugs has drawn the ire of global communities, on Tuesday used the “F” word not once but twice when commenting on the European body expressing concerns over his government’s hardline stance.
“I read the condemnation of the EU (European Union) against me”.
In his speech on Thursday, Duterte gave a hint of a possible warming of ties with China by telling businessmen from the country, “You will see me often in China.” .
According to the Philippines national police, almost 3,000 drug-related killings have been reported since Duterte assumed office June 30.
Sotto said the problem of illegal drugs is so huge that even President Duterte’s mission of drug-free Philippines is no longer possible in this lifetime.
Nearly 3,500 people have been killed in Philippines in the campaign against illegal drugs trade since Duterte won the May elections in a landslide victory and came to power.
Human Rights Watch has called for the Philippine government to convene an independent investigation involving the United Nations into allegations of direct involvement by President Duterte in extrajudicial killings.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked for a six-month extension for his war on drugs, saying there are too many people involved in the narcotics trade and he “cannot kill them all”. “That’s why I’m bullshitting all of them”, he was quoted saying. “What the spoiled eggs America and Europe think is that the killing of Filipinos is an old issue and they are now focusing on human rights”.
He also called EU authorities “hypocrites”, and said encyclopedias reveal the atrocities the European countries had committed in the past. “Who did I kill, assuming that it’s true?”
Close to 3,500 alleged drug traffickers and addicts have been killed since he began his mandate; among them close to 1,500 in police operations and the remaining by vigilante groups.
Earlier this month, Duterte also directed profanities at United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and US President Barack Obama, after they made similar comments about the mounting death toll in the Philippines.
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Duterte went on to say, “And then the European Union now has the gall to condemn me”.
