President Rodrigo Duterte in his second State of the Nation Address (Sona) lambasted anew United Nations special rapporteur Agnes Callamard for criticizing his drug war鈥檚 supposed disregard for human rights and due process.
鈥淚f you want to criticize stop there but don鈥檛 give the excuse or don鈥檛 make it trivial by saying human rights and due process. 鈥榊an ang pinaka bugok na gawin ng isang tao (That is the lamest thing a person could do),鈥� Duterte said in his speech on Monday.
鈥淲hen you talk about an incident, condemn it but don鈥檛 connect it with due process and human rights. Magmukha kang gago sa harap ng Pilipino (You will look like a fool in front of the Filipinos),鈥� he said.
Duterte then challenged Callamard, who went to the Philippines to attend a drug policy forum, to a public debate.
鈥淐an she be a moral person? Puro kayo drama d鈥檡an (She鈥檚 full of drama),鈥� a visibly irked Duterte said, drawing applauses from an audience composed of lawmakers and VIPs.
Duterte also slammed critics of his drug war who 鈥済ive so much premium on what western experts say.鈥�
鈥淜apag maraming namatay at nirereape na mga bata, hindi kayo umiimik. Tapos maya-maya pagdating nu鈥檔g mga western experts you give so much premium on what they say,鈥� he said as the audience applauded.
(When there are people murdered or kids raped, you remain silent. But when western experts visit here, you give so much premium on what they say.) IDL/rga