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Duterte decries human rights violator tag: ‘Why only me?’
President
Rodrigo Roa Duterte makes a remark during the meeting with Filipinos
residing in Vietnam at the Pulchra Resort in Da Nang City on November 9,
2017. (KARL NORMAN ALONZO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)
"Bakit ako lang?” (Why only me?)
This
was the question raised by President Rodrigo Duterte, as he volunteered
to host a “world summit” on human rights in the midst of various
criticisms he has been receiving for his brutal campaign against illegal
drugs.
“We
should call a summit. And I will volunteer to make the Philippines the
venue,” Duterte said during a late night press conference in Vietnam on
Thursday.
According to Duterte, the summit should focus on human rights not just
in the Philippines but also across the globe. He said that the
conference must tackle how to “protect the human rights for all human
race.”
“What
makes the death of people in the Philippines more important than the
rest of the children in the world that were massacred and killed. ‘Di
ba?” he said.
“World
summit on human rights. Kita mo, lalabas lahat ‘yan diyan. And all the
victims of human rights violation are invited to come and air their
gripe or grievances,” he added.
Duterte,
however, lamented why he was being singled out on the issue of human
rights violations when other countries also have their issues of human
rights violations.
“Bakit
ako lang? There are so many violations of human rights, including sa
United States, including the continuous bombing in the Middle East
killing civilians. Pati mga bata, eskwelahan nila,” he said.
Asked
if he would request the United Nations to monitor his proposed human
rights summit, Mr. Duterte said he prefers “a panel of lawyers” to do
it.
“I’m
more comfortable with a panel of lawyers. Because they will understand
immediately the legal implications,” he noted, adding that he might also
invite “experts in the science of medicine” and the “destruction of the
human body.” /kga
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