Members of the Bayan-USA and US-based human rights groups held a rally at a New York City restaurant to oppose presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s nomination to the International Law Commission. | cgonzalesINQ
LIVE: BAYAN-USA organizations and allies from New York and New Jersey disrupt a cocktail reception for Philippine presidential spokesperson Harry Roque at the upscale Manhattan eatery Aretsky’s Patroon. They are there to expose the blood on Roque’s hands as the spokesperson for Duterte’s fascist regime and reject his nomination to the UN International Law Commission.
“We deplore the effort of militant groups to deliberately cause harm to innocent people in their attempt to disrupt a private reception we were tendering for representatives of several foreign missions in New York,” he said. “The militant groups were not content to peacefully rally outside the restaurant, they charged upstairs, in the process injuring two elderly waiters, and causing damage to property. The restaurant also informed us that the rallyists ordered food and beverage but did not pay for them,” added Roque.