On Saturday, incoming Malacañang spokesperson, lawyer Salvador Panelo stated that the "wrong perception" by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's alleged endorsement of extrajudicial killings came from "incorrect news reports."
After Ban pounced Duterte for his "apparent endorsement of extrajudicial killings," Panelo stressed that Duterte did not support any summary executions. Adding that the UN chief was "unfortunate" to have issued the strongly worded statement, the first world leader since Duterte's landslide victory on May 9.
"Obviously, the UN secretary general believed the incorrect news reports that gave rise to such wrong perception. The President-elect has not endorsed, cannot and will never endorse extrajudicial killings they being contrary to law," he persisted.
And on Wednesday, last June 8, Ban issued a statement describing Duterte’s comments on summary killings were "of particular concern in the light of ongoing impunity for serious cases of violence against journalists in the Philippines."
Ban said, "I am extremely disturbed by recent remarks by the President-elect of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte. I unequivocally condemn his apparent endorsement of extrajudicial killings, which is illegal and a breach of fundamental rights and freedoms."
Duterte told reporters in Davao City during a late-night press briefing that most journalists murdered in our nation were corrupt. "Most of those killed, to be frank, had done something. You won't be killed if you didn't do anything wrong," Duterte had said, adding that many Filipino journalist were corrupt.
He stated that, "if you are a journalist who is doing what is right, nobody will touch you, especially if (what you publish) is true. You cannot hide the truth."
"Most of those killed were paid to take sides or they got paid but they failed (to deliver). Or they took money from gamblers but still hit them," and lastly adding: "You really want the truth? That's the truth..."
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