Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday said the administration’s outright move to reject a United Nations probe only gives the impression that the Philippines was not taking any action on the rising number of killings in the drug war.
“Kaya may mga international organizations kasi sila iyong nagbibigay ng ayuda kung hindi kinakaya ng isang bansa. Kung wala tayong gagawin, nagbibigay tayo ng impresyon na hindi natin kayang sugpuin,” she said.
The Vice President made the comment when asked during her weekly radio show, “BISErbisyong Leni,” about Malacañang rejecting a call by some members of the UN Human Rights Council to probe the drug killings. The draft resolution also asked the Philippines to “take all necessary measures to prevent extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances” as well as to conduct “impartial investigations and to hold perpetrators accountable in accordance with international norms and standards including due process and the rule of law.”
“Nakakapanlumo na nakahilera na tayo—ilang bansa iyong kinall iyong attention doon. Ang mga kahilera na natin, Afghanistan, Sudan, ‘di ba, iyong mga bansa na kilalang-kilala sa mga human rights violations,” she said.
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