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The Donald Trump of The Philippines wants to
bring back hanging.
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Unit 1012 awards the Rayner
Goddard Act of Courage Award to Rodrigo Duterte
for defending the death penalty. Although, we, the comrades of Unit 1012: The
VFFDP, rather that he uses capital punishment after a fair trial with judicial
safeguards, we still respect the fact that he has the courage to protect his
countrymen.
He is also nicknamed, ‘The Donald
Trump of the Philippines’ and he was sworn in as President on June 30, 2016.
Let us give the latest news of his endorsement of the death penalty and his
defense of gun rights:
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Rodrigo Duterte on being a terror to evildoers
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SOURCE: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/06/05/philippine-president-elect-urges-public-to-kill-drug-dealers.html?intcmp=hplnws
Philippine president-elect urges public to kill drug dealers
Published
June 05, 2016
MANILA, Philippines –
The
Philippine president-elect has encouraged the public to help him in his war
against crime, urging citizens with guns to shoot and kill drug dealers who
resist arrest and fight back in their neighborhoods.
In a nationally televised speech late
Saturday, Rodrigo Duterte told a huge crowd in the southern city of Davao
celebrating last month's presidential victory that Filipinos who help him
battle crime will be rewarded.
"Please feel free to
call us, the police, or do it yourself if you have the gun -- you have my
support,"
Duterte said, warning of an extensive illegal drug trade that involves even the
country's police.
If a drug dealer resists
arrest or refuses to be brought to a police station and threatens a citizen
with a gun or a knife, "you can kill him," Duterte said. "Shoot him and I'll give you a medal."
The 71-year-old Duterte won the May 9
presidential election on a bold promise to end crime and corruption within six
months of his presidency. That vow resonated among crime-weary Filipinos,
though police officials considered it campaign rhetoric that was impossible to
accomplish.
Human rights watchdogs have expressed alarm
that his anti-crime drive may lead to widespread rights violations.
Duterte has been suspected of playing
a role in many killings of suspected criminals in his city by motorcycle-riding
assassins known as the "Davao death squads," but human rights watchdogs
say he has not been criminally charged because nobody has dared to testify
against him in court
In his speech on Saturday, Duterte
also asked three police generals based in the main national police camp in the
capital to resign for involvement in crimes that he did not specify. He
threatened to humiliate them in public if they did not quit and said he would
order a review of dismissed criminal cases of active policemen, suggesting some
may have bribed their way back onto the force.
"They go back again crucifying
the Filipino," he said. "I won't agree to that."
"If you're still into
drugs, I will kill you, don't take this as a joke. I'm not trying to make you
laugh, son of a bitch, I will really kill you," he said to loud jeers and applause.
The foul-mouthed longtime Davao mayor
and former government prosecutor said crimes were committed by law enforcers
because of "extreme greed and extreme need." He said that he would
provide a small amount to an officer who was tempted because his wife has cancer
or a mother died, but that those who would break the law because of extreme
greed "will also be dealt with by me. I'll have you killed."
Duterte, who starts his six-year
presidential term on June 30, repeated a plan to offer huge bounties to those
who can turn in drug lords, dead or alive.
While it remains to be seen what will
happen to his threats when he takes office, some policemen have heeded his call
for a tougher anti-crime approach.
In suburban Las Pinas city in the
Manila metropolis, police have apprehended more than 100 minors who defied a
night curfew, and men who were either having drinking sprees in public or
roaming around shirtless in violation of a local ordinance. The crackdown was
dubbed "Oplan Rody" -- after Duterte's nickname -- or "Rid the
Streets of Drinkers and Youth."
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Rodrigo Duterte on assassination
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SOURCE: http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/06/22/1595645/duterte-death-penalty-retribution-not-deterrent
Duterte: Death penalty a retribution not a deterrent
By Alexis Romero (philstar.com)
| Updated June 22, 2016 - 7:46pm
DAVAO CITY – President-elect Rodrigo
Duterte Wednesday stressed the need to revive the death penalty, which he said,
would serve as "retribution" for those who committed crimes.
He said those who insist that death
penalty is not a deterrent to crime do not understand his position on the
issue.
"The death penalty
might be a deterrence to commit a crime but that is one school of
thought,"
Duterte said.
"Death penalty to me is
the retribution. It makes you pay for what you did," he added.
The death penalty was abolished in
1987 during the time of President Corazon Aquino but was revived in 1993 under
President Fidel Ramos.
Crimes that were punishable by death
include murder, rape, kidnapping and drug trafficking.
Former President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo, a devout Catholic, signed a law abolishing capital punishment
in 2006.
Duterte reiterated that he would not
hesitate to kill those who seek to destroy the youth, whom he said, is the
future of the country.
"Do not destroy my
country because I will kill you. Do not destroy my children because I will kill
you,” he said.
Duterte, who has pummeled critics of
his strong anti-crime drive, said he would just ignore Commission on Human
Rights Chairman Jose Luis Martin Gascon, who has been critical of his plans.
“If you know Gascon or if he
is your friend, tell him I won’t follow him,” he said.
Duterte also has an unusual threat
against incoming Sen. Leila de Lima, who vowed to look into the law enforcement
operations to be launched by the next administration.
"If De Lima does not shut her
mouth, I will kill her – with love. If she agrees, I don’t know,” he said.
Duterte to cops who kill criminals: 'I
will protect you'
Duterte also vowed to help policemen
who will face criminal charges for performing their role in his ruthless
campaign against criminality and illegal drugs.
“I will take care of you I
will protect you,”
Duterte said in a speech delivered before local officials in Sarangani.
“If you kill 1,000, tell
them it was ordered by Duterte. Period. I will deal with everybody,” he added.
Duterte, however, warned law enforcers
not to lie to him or use his name to justify illegal activities.
“I told the police and law
enforcers not to embarrass me by lying. If you committed a crime for personal
reason, tell me and I’ll help you. But do not lie to me,” he said at a business
forum in Davao City last Monday.
Duterte, whose successful presidential
campaign has been attributed to his tough stance against crime, has vowed to
suppress criminality in three to six months. He has also offered bounty to
people who will kill drug lords and has encouraged ordinary citizens to arrest
drug pushers in their communities.
“If you (policemen) are
subpoenaed by the Ombudsman, tell them to send it to Duterte,” the tough-talking leader
said.
Duterte, who served as Davao City
mayor for 22 years, also warned local executives who are involved in the
narcotics trade.
“To the mayors who are into drugs: I
will catch up with you. If we see each other, if we meet in one corner, I don’t
know. I’m warning you especially those who are still in government,” he added.
Duterte previously told lawmakers that
at least 35 local executives are involved in illegal drugs trade.
Reacting to the recent deaths of
suspected drug pushers, Duterte said some drug lords may have silenced their
accomplices to escape criminal liability.
"Baka yung pinatay nila, mga bata
nila," he said.
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Rodrigo Duterte on hanging.
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SOURCE: http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/06/25/1596516/duterte-insists-death-penalty-hanging
Duterte insists on death penalty by hanging
By Alexis Romero (The
Philippine Star) | Updated June 25, 2016 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - President-elect
Rodrigo Duterte has insisted on executing criminals by hanging, just days after
Pope Francis issued a statement opposing the death penalty.
Duterte said while critics of capital
punishment view it as “inhuman,” criminals under the influence of drugs have
been reduced to a “bestial state.”
“I’m asking for
re-imposition of death penalty so that I can hang them,” Duterte said yesterday
during the turnover ceremony at the Davao City Police Office.
“They say that death penalty
is inhuman. But what is so human about killing an 18-year-old child or raping
her? Drugs have reduced human killing into bestial state,” he added.
Duterte reiterated that the death
penalty is more of retribution than a deterrent to a crime.
“If there is death penalty,
you won’t be afraid anymore because you will be killed,” he said.
Capital punishment was abolished in
1987 during the presidency of Corazon Aquino but was re-imposed in 1993 under
president Fidel Ramos.
Crimes that were punishable by death
include rape, kidnapping, murder and drug trafficking.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
scrapped the death penalty anew on June 24, 2006 after approving Republic Act
9346. Her successor, President Aquino also opposed capital punishment, believing
it would not address criminality in the country.
The restoration of the death penalty
is one of the priorities of the administration of Duterte, who anchored his
campaign on maintaining peace and order.
On Tuesday, Pope Francis reiterated
the Catholic Church’s opposition to the death penalty, saying it goes against
the will of God.
He stressed that both the guilty and
the innocent have the right to life.
“It must not be forgotten that the
inviolable and God-given right to life also belongs to the criminal,” the
pontiff said in a video message sent to delegates of the sixth World Congress
against capital punishment in Oslo, Norway.
“Indeed, nowadays, the death penalty
is unacceptable, however grave the crime of the convicted person,” he added.
Choose life
Ten years after the death penalty was
abolished, the Coalition Against Death Penalty (CADP) and Catholic Bishops’
Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care
(CBCP-ECPPC) asked Duterte and Congress not to revive capital punishment.
In a statement, the groups asked for
an affirmation to the option for life as they vowed to campaign for
improvements in the criminal justice system and encourage a rehabilitative and
non-punitive correctional system.
Duterte, on several occasions, has
asked legislators to re-impose the death penalty, believing this would deter
criminals from doing their acts.
But the CBCP-ECPPC and CADP said they
would continue lobbying for the non-restoration of the death penalty and help
in educating the public on the issue.
“Filipinos share a common vision of a
truly just, humane and peaceful society. They have chosen to oppose the
unnecessary taking away of life of any individual and uphold the inherent
dignity of all persons,” their statement read.
They pointed out that the “death
penalty is a violation of the right to life. The violation of the right to life
of victims is in no way righted by the deliberate taking away of another’s
right to life by the state.”
Both groups regard the death penalty
as a cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
“There is no humane method of killing.
The penalty, whether carried out or not, exerts extreme emotional and
psychological pressures on the condemned and his family,” the statement also
read.
They claimed that capital punishment
is disadvantageous to the poor, the marginalized and most vulnerable sectors of
society as a “majority of those who had been meted with death penalty are poor,
uneducated people who have no political connections. They could not afford the
services of a good criminal lawyer.”
The groups also claim that, contrary
to the belief of some people, the imposition of the death penalty does not
prevent crime.
Meanwhile, Sen. Gregorio Honasan
cautioned authorities against tolerating the “summary execution of suspected
drug couriers” after the number of drug-related deaths and arrests went up a
few days before Duterte sits as the country’s 16th president on June 30.
Although not directly opposing the
killings, he said law enforcers should ensure that the targets are proven to be
involved in illegal drug activities.
He said it would be difficult to bring
back to life a person who was wrongly accused and executed by the police.
Honasan credited the renewed
zealousness of authorities to address criminality to the political will of
Duterte, adding that every action of the chief executive and his alter egos
should be within the realm of respecting human rights.
The lawmaker, who lost in the vice
presidential race to Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo, is also open to calls for
the implementation of a national identification (ID) system.
An ID system, he said, may determine
the actual number of Filipinos, establish their whereabouts and allow the
government to get updated data, like the number of those still studying or
working.
“It is really important for us to
define the purpose of the national ID system, and what we want to achieve with
its implementation,” Honasan said.
Unless the purpose is clear, he said
the national ID system could be used for harassment, abuse of authority and
abuse of discretion. –
With Evelyn Macairan, Christina Mendez
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‘Death
penalty was for retribution’ – Duterte ready to clash with Catholic church on
birth control
MANILA, June 27, (Agencies): Incoming
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte on Monday hit out at “stupid” human rights
campaigners, as he defended his imminent war on crime and emphasised the death
penalty was for retribution. Duterte gave a lengthy speech in his southern
hometown of Davao to outline his vision for the nation once he takes office on
Thursday, with a heavy focus on his controversial plans to fight crime.
“These human rights
(groups), congressmen, how stupid you are,” Duterte said, as he highlighted their
criticism of his plans to impose latenight curfews on children being out on the
streets and to reintroduce the death penalty. “I
believe in retribution. Why? You should pay. When you kill someone, rape, you
should die,” he said.
Duterte, 71, won last month’s
presidential elections in a landslide after campaigning largely on a platform
of ending rampant crime, warning that the Philippines was in danger of becoming
a narco-state. He promised that tens of thousands of people would die, with
security forces being given shoot to kill orders. Since winning Duterte has
also promised to give bounties to police for killing drug dealers, and also
encouraged ordinary citizens to kill or arrest suspects.
Duterte has been accused of links to
vigilante death squads during his nearly two decades as mayor of Davao, which
rights groups say have killed more than 1,000 people.
Concern
Local and foreign human rights groups have expressed deep concern about his plans as president, fearing an explosion of extrajudicial killings similar to those seen in Davao. The United Nations’ human rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, this month urged Duterte not to reintroduce the death penalty, while criticising other elements of the planned war on crime.
“The offer of bounties and other
rewards for murder by vigilantes, and his encouragement of extrajudicial
killings by security forces, are massive and damaging steps backwards which
could lead to widespread violence and chaos,” Zeid said.
With just three days before assuming
the presidency, Duterte stood firm. “When they describe
or characterise a human rights violator, these fools make it appear that the
people you kill are saints, as if they are pitiful or innocent,” he
said. Duterte said European ambassadors were also among those who had expressed
concern over the death penalty and extrajudicial killings.
The Philippines abolished the death
penalty in 2006 following fierce opposition from the Catholic Church, the
religion of 80 percent of Filipinos. Duterte previously said he preferred death
by hanging to a firing squad because he did not want to waste bullets, and
because he believed snapping the spine with a noose was more humane.
The Philippine president-elect said
Monday he would aggressively promote artificial birth control in the country
even at the risk of getting in a fight with the dominant Catholic church, which
staunchly opposes the use of contraceptives. Rodrigo Duterte, who is to be
sworn to the presidency on Thursday, said having many children has driven
families deeper into poverty, and he reiterated his recommendation for
Filipinos to have three at most.
Known for his profanity-laden
speeches, Duterte cited his family planning program as a long time mayor in
southern Davao city, where he has offered cash rewards to villagers who
volunteer to undergo free vasectomy or ligation and to doctors who perform the
procedures. “I will reinstall the program of family planning. Three’s enough,”
Duterte said in a speech after a flag raising ceremony in front of the Davao
city hall. “I’ve also been colliding with the church because it’s no longer
realistic.” It was not clear if Duterte would replicate the reward system
nationwide. Duterte praised former President Fidel Ramos, who backed his
presidential candidacy, for courageously promoting contraceptives as the
country’s first Protestant leader starting in 1992.
Duterte’s predecessor, Benigno Aquino
III, also figured in a high profile spat with the Catholic church for signing a
2012 reproductive health law that allowed the government to finance the
acquisition and distribution of contraceptives after overcoming a legal
challenge by opponents. Many politicians have tried to avoid colliding with
influential Catholic bishops in the Philippines in the past by taking a vague
position or not aggressively advocating contraceptives use.
Catholic leaders considered the law an
attack on the church’s core values. Aquino’s government said it helped the poor
manage their number of children in a country that has one of Asia’s
fastest-growing populations. Duterte has had an adversarial relation with the
church.
During the campaign, Duterte had a
tiff with Catholic bishops after cursing Pope Francis due to a monstrous
traffic jam during the papal visit in January last year. Last month, Duterte
blasted the local Catholic church as “the most hypocritical institution” and
accused some of its bishops of asking for favors from politicians.
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Rodrigo Duterte on solving problem
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