5 times Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has invited controversy
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Monday called US President Barack Obama a “son of a whore”, vowing that he will not be lectured by the US leader on human rights. The two leaders were slated to meet in Laos, which is where Duterte said the exchange might happen. Obama, later in the day, cancelled the meeting with the Philippine President, after US assessed whether this would be the right time to have a constructive conversation with Duterte. Duterte was elected as president in June.
After his election, however, 2400 people have died under his war on drugs. The United Nations and rights groups have condemned the extrajudicial killings but Duterte has shrugged off the criticism and vowed to press his campaign, which includes police carrying out door-to-door searches.
On Tuesday, Duterte expressed regret over the abusive remark. In a statement read out by his spokesman, Duterte said his “strong comments” to certain questions by a reporter “elicited concern and distress, we also regret it came across as a personal attack on the US president.” This, however, is not the first time that Duterte has been embroiled in a controversy. Even before he was elected president in June, he was constantly making controversial statements that attracted flak from people.
Here are five instances when he was in the public gaze for the wrong reasons. Earlier in April, he came under fire for his remarks about Jacqueline Hamill, an Australian law minister, who was brutally raped and murdered in 1989, the Washington Post reported. Referring to the incident at Davao jail where inmates took over the authorities and took 15 people hostage, including the minister, he had reportedly said, “…
When the bodies were brought out, they were wrapped. I looked at her face, son of a bitch, she looks like a beautiful American actress. Son of a bitch, what a waste. What came to mind was, they raped her, they lined up. I was angry because she was raped, that’s one thing. But she was so beautiful, the mayor should have been first. What a waste.” The mayor in question was himself. In response to his comment, Twitter started the hashtag #RapeIsNotAJoke. He was, at the time, the Presidential candidate in Philippines and he gained an even greater lead after his remarks, the Washington
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Monday called US President Barack Obama a “son of a whore”, vowing that he will not be lectured by the US leader on human rights. The two leaders were slated to meet in Laos, which is where Duterte said the exchange might happen. Obama, later in the day, cancelled the meeting with the Philippine President, after US assessed whether this would be the right time to have a constructive conversation with Duterte. Duterte was elected as president in June.
After his election, however, 2400 people have died under his war on drugs. The United Nations and rights groups have condemned the extrajudicial killings but Duterte has shrugged off the criticism and vowed to press his campaign, which includes police carrying out door-to-door searches.
On Tuesday, Duterte expressed regret over the abusive remark. In a statement read out by his spokesman, Duterte said his “strong comments” to certain questions by a reporter “elicited concern and distress, we also regret it came across as a personal attack on the US president.” This, however, is not the first time that Duterte has been embroiled in a controversy. Even before he was elected president in June, he was constantly making controversial statements that attracted flak from people.
Here are five instances when he was in the public gaze for the wrong reasons. Earlier in April, he came under fire for his remarks about Jacqueline Hamill, an Australian law minister, who was brutally raped and murdered in 1989, the Washington Post reported. Referring to the incident at Davao jail where inmates took over the authorities and took 15 people hostage, including the minister, he had reportedly said, “…
When the bodies were brought out, they were wrapped. I looked at her face, son of a bitch, she looks like a beautiful American actress. Son of a bitch, what a waste. What came to mind was, they raped her, they lined up. I was angry because she was raped, that’s one thing. But she was so beautiful, the mayor should have been first. What a waste.” The mayor in question was himself. In response to his comment, Twitter started the hashtag #RapeIsNotAJoke. He was, at the time, the Presidential candidate in Philippines and he gained an even greater lead after his remarks, the Washington
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