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| DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. photo from Interaksyon (ctto) |
Manila, Philippines – Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro
Locsin Jr. made a statement on his twitter account on a recent article where
Iceland is insisting the Philippines to cooperate with the UN resolution to conduct
human rights probe.
Locsin condemned Iceland and said they could go to hell for
setting up human rights resolution to investigate the Philippines without studying
all the facts first.
“Iceland can go to
hell with its resolution condemning the Philippines with the odd admission it
has yet to get the facts straight about the rights situation here. At this
point, let’s drop any mention of Iceland; we are giving it an importance its
dimensions do not warrant,” Locsin tweeted.
The Foreign Affairs chief is encouraging the public to disregard
Iceland for they have no right meddling with our government.
This prompted the foreign affairs Secretary over the statement
made by Iceland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, "Icelandic authorities sincerely hope that
the Philippine authorities will engage the UN on this and the resolution,"
Iceland also said it dealt with human rights concerns in the
UN in a non-politicized way. They also assure a fair and straight to the facts
inquiries, unlike what the administration’s accusation of other nations banking
of "false narratives" regarding the human rights situation in the PH.
"For a small and
peaceful country like Iceland, international law and the multilateral system is
our sword, shield and shelter. Therefore, when Iceland became a new member of
the Council last year, Iceland pledged to address human rights concerns
objectively and, on their merits, in a non-politicised, non-selective
manner," it said.
However, President Duterte had previously said he would
allow the UN to engage in the human rights probe, but withdrew his statement and said
he will not subject himself to any foreign interrogation.
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