“I will tell them f– you”.
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Since he took office in June, there have been more than 3,000 people killed by Philippine police waging a violent war against narcotics.
“I read the condemnation of the European Union against me”.
The European Union can “f***” off and stop criticising a campaign in the Philippines to kill drug dealers, the country’s aggressive and outspoken leader said yesterday. I repeat it, f-ck you. Duterte also maintained that the Philippines would not go to war with China over territories in the water, saying it will only result in a “massacre”. 1,700. Who are they?
Mr Duterte said the European Union parliament was acting out of guilt after it called on him to halt “the current wave of extrajudicial executions and killings”. “How many have they killed?”
“And then the European Union now has the gall to condemn me”.
“Human rights groups and the United Nations have condemned the extrajudicial killings, with the UN stating that the campaign amounts to a crime under worldwide law”, it added.
Duterte’s crackdown on drugs, core to a colorful election campaign likened to that of US presidential candidate Donald Trump, has claimed more than 3,800 lives since his June 30 inauguration.
Duterte won elections in a landslide in May after vowing to eradicate the illegal drug trade in six months, and promising that 100 000 criminals would be killed in the process.
S&P, as well as competitors Moody’s and Fitch rating agencies, in 2013 all raised the Philippines to investment-grade level for the first time, indicating a lower risk to investors. “When combined with the president’s policy pronouncements elsewhere on foreign policy and national security, we believe that the stability and predictability of policymaking has diminished somewhat”.
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The finance chief pointed out that the administration’s economic pronouncements have been clear and consistent from the very beginning, highlighting the fact that the Duterte administration’s 10-point socioeconomic agenda was announced early -prior to the President’s formal inauguration – and that the action plans to realize the agenda have already been operationalized.
