[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The United States said on Tuesday it would work with the apparent victor of the Philippines presidential election but declined to say if it had any concerns about the controversial policies advocated by maverick Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
"Washington respects the choice of the Philippine people. We gladly work with the leaders they’ve selected," State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said without identifying Duterte by name.
When pressed about whether the United States had any concerns about positions advocated by the tough-talking Duterte, including extrajudicial killings to stamp out crimes and drugs, Trudeau repeated her statement that Washington respected the choice of the voters.
"We look forward to working with the leader that the Philippines has elected," she said.
An official winner had not yet been declared in the Philippines vote, but an unofficial count by an election commission-accredited watchdog showed he had a huge lead over his two closest rivals, both of whom conceded defeat.
Trudeau said several of the presidential contenders had noted that a winner had been unofficially named and welcomed the fact that the vote had been conducted "smoothly and enjoyed historically high levels of participation."
Duterte’s vows to restore law and order resonated with Philippine voters, but his incendiary rhetoric and advocacy of extrajudicial killings to stamp out crime and drugs alarmed many people, who saw it as harkening back to the country’s authoritarian past.
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Good point skid. I have spent a lot of time in Davao. The crime there is crazy. There is the NPA, MILF, ASG, and the ARMM. There is mining there and each group extorts their 7%. When the mine fails to pay it get blown up. The airport gets bombed every six months. It is the Wild West. Extra judicial killings are business as usual down there.
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I believe Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau.
Any relations to middle and/or last name, because I would be just shocked.
[Channel News Asia] Convicted terrorist and Daesh advocate Aman Abdurrahman will be charged in June for planning the January 14 terror attack in Jakarta.
Tito Karnavian, chief of Indonesia's National Counter-Terrorism Agency, said Aman's involvement was clear. He said, "There is no difficulty (in establishing). There are already many witnesses that have been investigated."
Aman was earlier identified as the suspected mastermind in the Jakarta blasts, carried out by four members of a terror network. All four, along with four bystanders were killed in the bombings.
Aman was previously convicted for his role in setting up a Jemaah Islamiyah training camp in Aceh in 2009. The 44-year-old cleric is currently serving eight years in a maximum security prison in Central Java.
Tito said that Aman was supposed to be released from prison in 2018. On the impending charges, Tito said, "There is still time. There is no need to rush."
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[PNA] A ranking militant leader from the New People's Army's Southern Mindanao Regional Committee was nabbed by Philippine security forces in Davao City on Sunday.
Captain Rhyan Batchar identified the communist leader as Arnulfo Laborada Mantes, Secretary of Sub-Regional Committee 5 and the concurrent head of the Regional Political Military Academy.
Mantes is known to have led and planned numerous NPA crimes such as the burning of heavy equipment, murder of military personnel and ambush of peace and development teams in several areas of Bukidnon and Davao Del Norte provinces. He is also involved in extorting money from wealthy people, companies and politicians.
Mantes was arrested for murder and robbery with violence or intimidation. He has also another standing arrest warrant for murder.
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[PNA] A ranking militant leader from the New People's Army's Southern Mindanao Regional Committee was nabbed by Philippine security forces in Davao City on Sunday.
