the President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte demanded of the security forces to open fire on anyone who “creates problems” in areas where a regime of quarantine in a pandemic coronavirus
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte demanded of the security forces to open fire on anyone who “creates problems” in areas where a regime of quarantine in a pandemic coronavirus. It is reported TASS with reference to the Agency France-Presse and the performance of the leader on national TV.
“My orders police and military and local officials: if there is a problem situation in which people throw themselves at you and threatening your life, shoot them to kill, – quotes AFP-performance Duterte. – Instead to create problems, they will go to the grave.”
Before that in the poor neighborhoods of Manila, the police arrested about 20 people during anti-government protests. The protesters accused the authorities that they allegedly failed to provide food to the most needy citizens.
Philippine leader also stated about the inadmissibility of cruel treatment of workers, which will be considered by law enforcement authorities of the country as a serious crime. We are talking about the fact that in the Philippines, in recent time documented several cases of attacks by angry patients on doctors.
the Police of the Philippines hastened to soften the President’s announcement. The national police chief Archie Gamboa assured that his subordinates will not open fire on protesters. “The President would be likely to unnecessarily insisted on the application of the law in this crisis period”, – quotes Agency the words of Gamboa.
In the Philippines, according to AFP, was 2311 cases of infection with coronavirus and 96 deaths. On 16 March, the President Duterte have entered the country under a state of emergency for a period of six months. In particular, prohibited air, and sea transport between Manila and the provinces of the state, in a Large Manila in a night-time curfew.
Elected in may 2016 the President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte in favour of tough measures in the fight against offenders. The world community has repeatedly condemned the methods of combating drug trafficking in the Philippines. UN experts in human rights condemned the methods of the Philippine authorities, urged them to prevent indiscriminate killings and to refuse execution of suspects in respect to which was conducted a full trial. As a candidate, Duterte said he was willing to kill their own children if they try drugs.
In August 2017 he called the police to kill on the spot suspected drug dealers who resist arrest. In February 2018, he ordered the soldiers of the government army not to kill women-rebels, to shoot at their vaginas as it is, in his opinion, will make women useless. Human rights activists have called 72-year-old head of state is a woman hater.
And in September of last year, Duterte allowed citizens to shoot government officials demanding bribes. He offered to shoot corrupt officials in the legs to avoid prison prisoneniya. According to him, the only measure against any who shoot at officials who violate the law will be “only serious corporal punishment”, but not imprisonment.
Duterte said that corruption is a widespread problem in the country, and urged citizens to defend their rights and to report every case of corruption or an offence involving officials. He said that if the incident comes to his attention, he will call that officer and allow the applicant citizen is to hit offender in the face.
