President Duterte once
again spit fire to the United Nation on Sunday during a media briefing in Davao
City, after the international organization expressed its concerns on the spate
of extra-judicial killings in the massive crackdown on illegal drugs.
Malacanang has criticized
the UN for not having a clear understanding on what was happening in the
country after special rapporteur on summary executions Agnes Callamard tweeted
that she will be investigating the situation in the country.
“Kung ganon kayo kabastos,
umalis na kami diya sa inyo,” the president said. “Take us out of your
organization. You have done nothing anyway.”
He had criticized the
agency before due to its inaction regarding other global conflicts such as the
war in Syria.
However, in his speech, he
said that he is willing to personally meet with UN representatives to provide
answers about the drug-related deaths, and as well as to show statistics to
back up the ‘effectiveness’ of the campaign.
“I will explain
extra-judicial killings, for international release, if you want,” Duterte said.
“My orders are for the police to go out and hunt for criminals. I tell them to
arrest these criminals if they surrender peacefully, but kill them if they put
up a violent struggle. I assume full responsibility for what happens.”
“My job as a president is
to protect law-abiding citizens,” he added. “I was never tasked by any law to
protect criminals. I say this because 16 million people voted for me and I have
a large margin between me and the next candidate.” ASCS
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Duterte to UN: Take us out of your organization
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