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Rodrigo Duterte admits keeping death squad as mayor during his time in office

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Rodrigo Duterte, the 79-year-old former president, admitted to maintaining a "death squad" of gangsters while serving as city mayor and as president, with the purpose of killing other criminals. However, he denied authorizing police to kill thousands of suspects as part of a bloody crackdown on illegal drugs. Instead, he claimed that his mandate was to protect the country and its people, and he offered no apologies or excuses for his actions. Throughout the Senate inquiry, he defended the anti-drug campaign.

  1. International Court of Justice
    1. The so-called 'war on drugs' campaign cannot be seen as a legitimate law enforcement operation, and the killings neither as legitimate nor as mere excesses in an otherwise legitimate operation.
  2. PH
    Leila De Lima
    Liberal Party
    1. This man, the former mayor of Davao city and the former president of the Republic of the Philippines, for so long has evaded justice and accountability.
  3. PH
    Rodrigo Duterte
    Partido Demokratiko Pilipino
    1. I hate drugs, make no mistake about it.
    2. If I'm given another chance, I'll wipe all of you.
    3. If you are doing an illegal activity in my city, if you are a criminal or part of a syndicate that preys on the innocent people of the city, for as long as I am the mayor, you are legitimate target of assassination.
    4. I had a death squad of seven, but they were not policemen, they were also gangsters.
    5. I can make the confession now if you want.
    6. My mandate as president of the republic was to protect the country and the Filipino people. Do not question my policies, because I offer no apologies, no excuses. I did what I had to do, and whether you believe it or not, I did it for my country.
    7. What I said is this, let's be frank, I said encourage the criminal to fight, encourage them to draw their guns. That was my instruction, encourage them to fight, and if they fight, then kill them so my problem in my city is done.
  4. PH
    Carlos Conde
    Human Rights Watch
    1. This was clearly designed as a platform by Duterte's people to refute what had come out of the hearings in the lower house.

Philippines under Duterte

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  2. Philippine Court Clears Fierce Duterte Critic of Drugs Charges After Long Legal Battle
  3. After six years in jail, Duterte critic Leila de Lima granted bail

sources

  1. 1.The Times
  2. 2.ABC News (Australia)
  3. 3.The Guardian
  4. 4.Agence France-Presse

perspectives

  1. 1.Chinese Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Authoritarianism
  3. 3.China Claims in South China Sea
  4. 4.Organized crime
  5. 5.Drug Trafficking
  6. 6.Philippines under Marcos Jr
  7. 7.Philippines under Duterte

countries

  1. 1.PhilippinesPH

organizations

  1. 1.International Court of Justice
  2. 2.Catholic Church
  3. 3.Human Rights Watch
  4. 4.Partido Demokratiko PilipinoPH
  5. 5.Rappler Holdings Corp

persons

  1. 1.Ferdinand Marcos JrPH
  2. 2.Aaron Favila
  3. 3.Sara DutertePH
  4. 4.Aquilino Pimentel III
  5. 5.Carlos CondePH
  6. 6.Flavie Villanueva
  7. 7.Kian Delos Santos
  8. 8.Leila De LimaPH
  9. 9.Risa Hontiveros
  10. 10.Rodrigo DutertePH
  11. 11.Roel Degamo
  12. 12.Ronald Dela Rosa
Rodrigo Duterte admits keeping death squad as mayor during his time in office