Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte jokes that soldiers can rape women under his martial law
Source: Independent
It was not the first time Duterte has made a joke about rape
Martin Petty Manila 11 hours ago
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has sought to reassure soldiers who might be accused of committing abuses under martial law and jokingly said that if any of them were to rape three women, he would personally claim responsibility for it.
Mr Duterte is notorious for comments often deemed offensive and made the remark as a joke, reiterating that only he would be liable for any backlash over military rule on southern Mindanao island. He has, however, said he would not tolerate abuses.
If you go down, I go down. But for this martial law and the consequences of martial law and the ramifications of martial law, I and I alone would be responsible, just do your job I will take care of the rest, Mr Duterte said on Friday, according to a presidents office transcript.
Ill imprison you myself, he said, referring to any soldiers who commit violations, then he joked: If you had raped three, I will admit it thats on me.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/philippines-president-rodrigo-duterte-martial-law-rape-soldiers-joke-a7758751.html
nini
(16,672 posts)But then we've got our own deluded Americans who voted for the moron.
ansible
(1,718 posts)Duterte gets a lot of support just for doing something, the country has had a long line of incompetent leaders since Marcos that just made the country worse.
nini
(16,672 posts)However, they don't just support the tough on drug dealers..they don't seem to care about how many innocent people are caught up in it - they don't seem to care about them. That is what bothers me.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)She's a Fillipino immigrant as well.
And she knows little about politics. I don't even think she votes.
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)No one but a like minded rapist pig would even 'joke' about being first in line for a rape. ( Oh.. probably why he and Trump seem to like each other) He's a sickening pig. This is that excerpt from that article-
Excerpt- { In what was intended as a joke, Mr Duterte said the victim was beautiful and as mayor of Davao city where the riot took place, he should have been first in line. He later apologised and said he did not intend to disrespect women or rape victims.}
TeamPooka
(24,259 posts)You beat me.....
dchill
(38,546 posts)for some reason, I threw up in my mouth a little. Duterte is a natural Trump soul-mate.