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2016-08-22 Southeast Asia

Duterte: Philippines might leave UN over criticism of drug trafficker killings

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Posted by Steve White 2016-08-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Well, if you're going to get out of the UN club, as useless as it is, you'd better crawl into bed with China. Oh, and give up all your claims in the South China Sea.

Posted by Bobby 2016-08-22 13:12|| 2016-08-22 13:12|| Front Page Top

#2 How do you combat cronyism and corruption on the scale of the Philippines?
he's getting the job done, its not a pretty job but he's doing it.

Posted by 746 2016-08-22 13:43|| 2016-08-22 13:43|| Front Page Top

#3 He's real popular with the regular people in the Philippines who have to live with the drug addicts and criminals. Not so much with the elite who often *are* the drug dealers and criminal heads.
Which is why you shouldn't believe everything reported about him in the media.

He basically said that before his administration the criminals would simply file a counter-claim and the police officer would be suspended (without pay) and have to pay to defend themselves (no lawyers or repsentation was provided) which might take months or years. So why should the police enforce existing laws? Now he says the government will back them up and if they feel their lives are in danger to take out the bad guy.
Basically the exact opposite of what the U.S. Justice Department is telling police officers today here in the US.

Posted by CrazyFool 2016-08-22 15:27|| 2016-08-22 15:27|| Front Page Top

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