Philippine president-elect urges public to kill drug dealers
 

MANILA, Philippines (AP) ? The Philippine president-elect has encouraged the public to help him in his war against crime, urging citizens with guns to shoot and kill drug dealers who resist arrest and fight back in their neighborhoods.

In a nationally televised speech late Saturday, Rodrigo Duterte told a huge crowd in the southern city of Davao celebrating last month's presidential victory that Filipinos who help him battle crime will be rewarded.

"Please feel free to call us, the police, or do it yourself if you have the gun ? you have my support," Duterte said, warning of an extensive illegal drug trade that involves even the country's police.

If a drug dealer resists arrest or refuses to be brought to a police station and threatens a citizen with a gun or a knife, "you can kill him," Duterte said. "Shoot him and I'll give you a medal."

The 71-year-old Duterte won the May 9 presidential election on a bold promise to end crime and corruption within six months of his presidency. That vow resonated among crime-weary Filipinos, though police officials considered it campaign rhetoric that was impossible to accomplish.

Human rights watchdogs have expressed alarm that his anti-crime drive may lead to widespread rights violations.

Duterte has been suspected of playing a role in many killings of suspected criminals in his city by motorcycle-riding assassins known as the "Davao death squads," but human rights watchdogs say he has not been criminally charged because nobody has dared to testify against him in court

In his speech on Saturday, Duterte also asked three police generals based in the main national police camp in the capital to resign for involvement in crimes that he did not specify. He threatened to humiliate them in public if they did not quit and said he would order a review of dismissed criminal cases of active policemen, suggesting some may have bribed their way back onto the force.

"They go back again crucifying the Filipino," he said. "I won't agree to that."

"If you're still into drugs, I will kill you, don't take this as a joke. I'm not trying to make you laugh, son of a bitch, I will really kill you," he said to loud jeers and applause.

The foul-mouthed longtime Davao mayor and former government prosecutor said crimes were committed by law enforcers because of "extreme greed and extreme need." He said that he would provide a small amount to an officer who was tempted because his wife has cancer or a mother died, but that those who would break the law because of extreme greed "will also be dealt with by me. I'll have you killed."

Duterte, who starts his six-year presidential term on June 30, repeated a plan to offer huge bounties to those who can turn in drug lords, dead or alive.

While it remains to be seen what will happen to his threats when he takes office, some policemen have heeded his call for a tougher anti-crime approach.

In suburban Las Pinas city in the Manila metropolis, police have apprehended more than 100 minors who defied a night curfew, and men who were either having drinking sprees in public or roaming around shirtless in violation of a local ordinance. The crackdown was dubbed "Oplan Rody" ? after Duterte's nickname ? or "Rid the Streets of Drinkers and Youth."

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Crime against tourists is out of control. I read its like 1200-1400$ a head. Might be worth to sped a few days in the PI.

The Philippines has always been a topsy turvy kind of place.

This just amplifies what already existed.

The Philippines is a fucked up place because of the sick mix of voodoo and Christianity that has merged there to cause a bunch of psychos.

No drugs unless it is just crazy. Crazy enough to see a fairy in the sky. And yet, filled with whores.

America is heading that direction.

Donald Trump finally found a running mate!

when we put the death penalty for everything then the poor will not succumb to temptation and turn to crime, but instead they will get one of the millions of available legal jobs and everything will be just fine :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

reality: if you have high crime, like in the USA for example, it is indicative of a failed system that does not provide for all its citizens and has little to do with guns or drugs or illegals...such harsh rhetoric is also indicative of a failed political system, when you have to resort to calls for violence to win an election...

the other reality problem is: people like to do drugs...demand is not the fault of the supplier...if for example, spoons made you fat its your own fault not the spoon salesmans..."spoons kill" is not accurate...

Lets get the main part to the front instead of a bit misleading title.

Your post does not make sense - might be worth to spend few days because crime against tourists is out of control?

Have you ever been to the US? The US does not have a high crime rate in most places. The US is very big and very spread out. There will always be high crime areas in any populated place.

Yes there are areas with high crime but those areas have next to no effect elsewhere. It's likely the same in your beloved Moscow. I'm sure there are nice areas with newer block buildings and new carpet on the walls and shitty areas with older block buildings and stained carpet walls.

Also another diffrence is most crimes in the US are reported, unlike your beloved Russia for example.

This is not cyberseo, this is crusifico - Serbian traitor now leeching in Canada.

Where is this perfect utopic society that is not flawed? Do you live there?

As long as animals like humans have emotions our societies will be flawed, we aren't bees or ants.

well "killing" is a bit overdoing it, don't ya think?

I like killing people for the right reasons. Does it make sense now dumb ass. ;)

No, 1000 or 1400 is way too small amount for any killer to be tempted. I might understand if you were talking drug dealers (then money might be not the main motivator), but you mentioned tourists...

He is a socialist and doesn't like Donald Trump

+1 :thumbsup

Ruinded crockett science :1orglaugh

86% of US cities with a population of 100,000 or more report gang activity. According to the FBI in 2011, there were 33,000 violent street, motorcycle, and prison gangs active in the U.S., with more than 1.4 million members (a 40% increase from 2009).


high crime, like in the USA, is indicative of a system that fails a part of the population...for comparison my war torn 3rd world shit hole has 0 gangs...a "gang" is like 3-4 people selling coke...you are safe in every part of the country in every city...not so in the USA...

you have high crime...per capita and per everything else :thumbsup

Tourism and the sex trade is their bread and butter. Drug dealers and murderers need to be dealt with severely.

The main thing is that Philippines citizens HUGELY support vigilante killings, and are begging for it to come back to Philippines. Mayor Osmena of Cebu and Duterte in Davao have always been for it, and now Osmena is back so is Duterte for president.

Also, aside from his rape comments, and his vigilante killing comments, he also says:
"The best solution to rid the city (Davao City) of stray dogs is by shooting them or poisoning them."

definitely not the brightest guy on the planet, but seems raw and rugged

Any president candidate of any country that feels they have the power to kill shouldn't be elected.

He was actually offering 5Million to someone who killed a druglord. and 4.999M for those who caught druglord alive.

I was once in Davao for few weeks, seen Rodrigo Duterte on public and seem to be a decent man. Its a mixture of love, fear and respect to which help the City to be very peaceful infact Davao City we're labeled one of the peaceful city in he world because of him.

So wouldn't this actually be the best way to get rid of those dogs? Even in most libby societies they are getting kiled eventually. So shooting them is not that much PC, but isn't he absolutely correct?