Manila, Philippines—Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte, arrested Tuesday on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for alleged
Manila, Philippines—Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte, arrested Tuesday on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged crimes against humanity during his “war on drugs,” once said he would be happy to kill three million addicts.
Here is a selection of Duterte’s comments made on deaths and the drug war as the crackdown first got underway:“When I become president, I’ll order the police and the military to find these people and kill them.” An unapologetic Duterte vows no let up as the death toll from his drug war nears 1,000 on August 6, 2016.Duterte estimated on September 30, 2016 that there were three million drug addicts in the Philippines, adding that he would like them all dead. A year later, he said the figure had grown to four million despite his crackdown.“I used to do it personally just to show to the guys that if I can do it, so can you.
Duterte alludes to a past crime in explaining to typhoon survivors how he will take drastic measures against drugs and graft on December 27, 2016.“You want to scare me by threatening to have me thrown in prison? International Criminal Court? Bullshit.”
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