Politicians need to leave the jokes and sarcasm to the professionals – PB/TK
Philippines President Duterte Says His Soldiers Can Rape During Martial Law – By Mary Papenfuss / May 28 2017
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte — congratulated last month by U.S. President Donald Trump for his murderous war on drugs — told his soldiers he will back them up if they rape women while enforcing martial law.
The remark, though apparently intended as humor, drew stinging rebukes from human rights and women’s organizations.
Duterte made his comment in a rambling speech Friday on the island of Mindanao, where he imposed martial law last Tuesday to battle militants linked to the Islamic State.
If any of them were to rape three women, he said, he would personally claim responsibility for the attacks, according to a transcript of the speech released by the president’s office, The Guardian reported.
“Fight, and I will pray for you and I will answer for everything,” he said at one point in English in a videotape of his speech. “If you go down, I go down. I and I alone will be responsible.”
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