Duterte admits he is personally guilty of murder

[xyz]

Philippines president says he once stabbed someone to death

He said he killed someone when he was 16. Not only that, he claims to have killed people later during his infamous anti-drug raids.

It's a complete shame other world leaders are even talking to him.

 

[Mousterian]

The claim that he killed someone as a teenager is probably just a personal fantasy, but there's no doubt that he's directly responsible for thousands of extra-judicial deaths in the twilight of his life.

 

[ScienceRocks]

The guys a fascist monster that should be opposed by the entire world.

 

[Moonglow]

He does have several fans here on USMB...He should exile himself to here...

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - he ain't lettin' up onna war on drugs...

Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte Sustains Support For Deadly War On Drugs
November 13, 2017 - Inside the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte has maintained support for his bloody war on drugs, despite the thousands of lives lost and criticism by human rights groups.

Duterte has remained popular because most people in the country aren't directly affected by deadly drug war, which is mostly being waged in the inner cities. Since taking office last year, Duterte continues to carry out his pledge to kill every drug dealer and user in the country. Human rights groups say the deadly extra-judicial war has left more than 13,000 people dead. Despite the growing violence and international criticism, Duterte's overall approval ratings inside the Philippines didn't begin to slip until recently, when a new poll suggested his popularity dropped to 48 percent, CNN reported. "Third quarter data tells us that 7 to 8 out of 10 Filipinos continue to support the war on drugs," Dindo Manhit, president of Stratbase ADR Institute, a Manila think tank, told NPR's Michael Sullivan in an interview this week.

Duterte's violent campaign has focused on the poorest areas of the capital city, Manila, says Sheila Coronel, co-founder of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and a professor at the Columbia Journalism School. "If you are a poor Filipino living in the slum of Manila ... then you feel really nervous," she tells Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson. "You feel insecure. You feel that you may be targeted whether or not you are a drug user." In fighting the drug war, Coronel says police rely on each village to devise a watch list of dealers and suspected users. Police officers target those on the list, often killing individuals in the dead of night. "They say these people who've been killed by the police at night have mainly fought back, but the reality is that very few policemen have been killed. There is very few policemen who have been wounded," Coronel says. "It's a very one-sided fight. It's really a war against the poorest and most vulnerable sectors of the population."

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte looks on during the 20th ASEAN China Summit in Manila, Philippines​

Coronel explains that most Filipinos who live outside of urban areas are separated from the violence. "If you live in the middle class neighborhood or if you live outside of the big cities where drug dealing is rampant, then you are completely inured from it," she says. "You don't hear about it unless you hear, unless you watch television." In a televised address last month, Duterte ordered the Philippine National Force to end all operations related to the drug war. Since then, the killings have not completely stopped, Coronel says, and the latest polls still show broad support for the drug war. "When you look at this president, he is focused on this war on drugs. It has its excesses. But I don't see any end of it as of now," Manhit says. "But one year after, you want to see, really, successes - that there are less drugs on the streets. Syndicates are being brought down - but not killings of ordinary people."

During his visit to Manila this week, President Trump failed to publicly acknowledge the question of human rights and the drug war. In a leaked transcript of an April phone call with Duterte, Trump praised the Filipino leader, saying he was doing "an unbelievable job on the drug problem." Coronel suggests Duterte has been able to maintain support because of his strong ties to Mindanao, the second largest island located in the southern Philippines. She says residents there who have historically felt marginalized by the Filipino government feel represented by Duterte, who is the first president from Mindanao. "People from Mindanao always complained about what they call 'Manila colonialism,' " Coronel says. "They feel Manila is an imperial power just as I suppose any other far flung province of a country would feel that they do not have the attention. They don't get a fair share of the nation's resources or the attention of the national government."

Duterte has a much-maligned history of cracking down on drugs. When he won the presidential election last year, Duterte touted his 20 years as mayor of Davao in Mindanao in his promise to rid the country of drugs and crime. But as The Guardian reports, Davao still has the highest murder rate in the country and the second highest number of rapes. The scope of Duterte's vicious war in the Philippines echoes that first violent campaign in Davao. When he ordered the first death squad to target drug dealers and users in 1989, he allegedly told police officers: "Throw them in the ocean or the quarry. Make it clean. Make sure there are no traces of the bodies."

Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte Sustains Support For Deadly War On Drugs

 

[Baron]

Philippines president says he once stabbed someone to death

He said he killed someone when he was 16. Not only that, he claims to have killed people later during his infamous anti-drug raids.

It's a complete shame other world leaders are even talking to him.

Hypocrites!

Duterte honestly admitting stabbing of one guy, surely a street criminal.
Bush & Obama refuse to be guilty on murder of millions innocent victims in America's wars for the Greater Israel.

 

[xyz]

^off topic and I don't see what it has to do with Duterte

Duterte also claimed he threw some guy out of a helicopter in flight.

 

[Eugene]

Duterte fights against drug dealers who kill thousands of people. And he does it by the only method that can be successful.
If he was doing what USA wants in his foreign policy western mass media eould never clsim him for that but he is in opposition to western policy so he is claimed to be a monster.

Why don’t western mass media claim Saudi leaders for mass killings of women who are beheaded for their being raped while rapist only has to pay a fine. The kill homosexuals.
But western mass media prefer not to notice all that facts.
Why? Because those countries’ leaders are providing ‘correct’ foreign policy...loyal to american.

USA is terrorist #1 in the world. Mass killings, changing of regimes, making wars - quite usual actions and you all to not blame your authorities.

Before claiming someone try to be honest at least to yourself!

 

[waltky]

Third Philippines mayor killed in 3 months...

Cebu mayor shot dead in his office, third Philippines mayor killed in 3 months
Wed September 5, 2018 -The mayor of a town on the popular holiday destination of Cebu was killed Wednesday, two months after two other town mayors were shot in other parts of the Philippines

Ronda Mayor Mariano Blanco was shot by unidentified gunman in his office building in the early hours of Wednesday morning, according to CNN Philippines. Provincial police said the investigation is ongoing and they have yet to identify any possible suspects or motive. Blanco's death comes five months after the town's vice-mayor, Jonah John Ungab, was also killed by unidentified gunmen and two months after the mayors of Tanauan and General Tinio were shot dead. Police said it is unclear if any of the incidents are linked. Tanauan City Mayor Antonio Halili was shot by a sniper in July during a flag-raising ceremony outside of the City Hall. The killing was captured on a video that showed scenes of panic seconds after the shot was fired.

In the video, Halili is seen standing in a line with government employees as the flag is raised and those in attendance sing the national anthem. As the camera strays to film another group, a single shot rings out, followed by screams and a woman's voice, saying "Oh my God" in English. Days later, Mayor Ferdinand Bote of the town of General Tinio in Nueva Ecija province was gunned down by a motorcycle-riding suspect in nearby Cabanatuan City.

In total, more than 15 mayors and vice-mayors have been killed since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in mid-2016, according to CNN Philippines.
Some of those killed have been linked to the drugs trade or crackdowns upon it. Duterte's administration has conducted an intensive war on drugs and anti-corruption campaign which has seen thousands of extralegal killings and allegations of widespread human rights abuses.

Cebu mayor shot dead in his office, third Philippines mayor killed in 3 months - CNN

 

[Litwin]

Philippines president says he once stabbed someone to death

He said he killed someone when he was 16. Not only that, he claims to have killed people later during his infamous anti-drug raids.

It's a complete shame other world leaders are even talking to him.

WAS IT KADYROV (THE NEXT CZAR OF MUSCOVY) WHO SAID "I killed my first "Russian" at the age of sixteen."?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

It is no crime to kill a druggie. It is an act of taking out smelly and maggoty trash.