‘Forget The Laws On Human Rights’ Says Likely Winner In Philippines Presidential Elections
Forget The Laws On Human Rights Says Likely Winner In Philippines Presidential Elections
by Justin Salhani at Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2016/05/09/3776587/duterte-elections/
"SNIP.............
Populist demagoguery isnt unique to the U.S. presidential elections, as 71-year-old Rodrigo Duterte, a man known as the Punisher for his propensity to advocate lethal extrajudicial solutions to crime problems, leads the polls in the Philippines.
An ex-prosecutor and mayor of the city Davao for two decades, Duterte has been likened to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his use of vulgar language, his dismissal of the importance of human rights, and the manner in which the political establishment dismissed his campaign. Despite the similarities, Duterte labeled Trump a bigot.
One of Dutertes most obscene comments was delivered at a campaign rally to a crowd of supporters, where he joked about the rape and murder of Australian missionary Jacqueline Hamill. Hamill was raped and killed in 1989 after a riot in the Davao prison where she worked. Duterte was mayor at that time.
They raped all of the women, he told a crowd of supporters. There was this Australian lay minister
when they took them out
I saw her face and I thought: Son of a bitch. what a pity
they raped her, they all lined up. I was mad she was raped but she was so beautiful. I thought, the mayor should have been first.
................SNIP"