“You maim people, you kill them”, Duterte said.
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“Do not kill if you’re not in danger of losing your life”.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has defended his criticism of the United States ambassador to the Philippines, Philip Goldberg, for meddling with Philippine domestic affairs.
He also warned that confronting the terrorist group will “bring the worst out of me”, adding that he will never allow his country to be destroyed by terrorism, even if it meant being forced out of office.
Duterte told reporters that Goldberg started the dispute, recalling that during the campaign for May elections, the ambassador criticised him for joking about raping an Australian missionary who was sexually assaulted and murdered in a 1989 prison riot in Davao, the city he ran for two decades.
Duterte said that the woman was “so beautiful” that he, as the mayor, should’ve been first, according to CNN. “Why should I apologise to him?”
If you can do it, I can do it 10 times better than you, definitely.
Duterte’s tough talk became more than just words shortly after he began his presidency.
The CPP announced it ordered the New People’s Army (NPA) to end its participation in the campaign that has also drawn widespread criticisms from local and foreign human rights groups and advocates due to the killings that already reached more than 500. The number of low-level drug users who have “voluntarily surrendered” to authorities are in the hundreds of thousands, and there inadequate infrastructure to manage this quickly rising population. “Nevertheless, while pursuing this objective, the Philippine government is committed to the rule of law, and the protection of human rights of all”, the DFA said in a statement.
A Philippine foreign department statement sent to AFP on Sunday said that it took note of United States views on the issue, adding Manila was focused on the eradication of drugs in society.
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Communist rebels on Sunday announced their withdrawal of support for the ongoing war on drugs launched by President Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte in protest against the alarming increase in the “vigilante” killings of suspects.
