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| President Rodrigo Roa Duterte photo from Philstar (ctto) |
Manila, Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte announced on
Wednesday that he is not open to answering to an international court if it involves
any human rights in the country, he said he will face the Philippine court of
law, but not to any international courts.
“I will only face, be tried or face a trial in
a Philippine court presided by a Filipino judge, (and) prosecuted by a
Filipino. And maybe they can reimpose the death penalty, (so I can) die in Filipino
land,” Duterte said during a morning an interview over Pastor Apollo
Quiboloy’s television program on Wednesday.
Recently, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
adopted a resolution presented by Iceland on an inquiry of human rights abuses
in the country under President Duterte’s war on drugs.
This decision of the UNHRC has triggered the President for a
possibility of cutting ties with Iceland and to the whole UN organizations as
well.
“I will not answer a
Caucasian…You must be stupid. Who are you? I am a Filipino. We have our courts
here. (Why) you have to bring me somewhere else? I would not like that. I have
my country. It’s working, I know it’s working (and) justice is working here,” the
President said.
The chief executive said can only time an international
community can interfere in our domestic problem is in “when there is a total
breakdown of justice in a country.”
Duterte also condemned the opposition party for “itching to
go to trial.”
“I’d love to debate with them anytime. I may
not be a well-renowned lawyer, but I’m a lawyer. They are lawyers who do
not…lawyers who, ayaw nilang pumatay. Ako ‘yung lawyer kasi sa trabaho ko
pumapatay ako. If nobody does it, who will do it for us?” he said.
Source: Inquirer
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