Malacañang says UNHRC resolution an insult to Filipinos

The Palace strongly condemns the resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) which laid out actions on killings linked to President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war. PHNews

SPOTLIGHT ON CRACKDOWN. President Rodrigo Duterte often bristles at any foreign criticism of his crackdown on illegal drugs. Malacañang photoadopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council which laid out actions on killings linked to President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war.

The Palace said the adoption of the Iceland-proposed resolution was an insult to the majority of Filipinos who expressed satisfaction with Duterte's governance in local surveys. As far as the Palace is concerned, the resolution was"designed to embarrass the Philippines before the international community and the global audience."

But the Philippine leader had previously bristled against any attempt by an international body to probe his government.

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