Activists continued to blame the government for alleged human rights violations as the country marked International Human Rights Day on Sunday.
Thousands of drug and crime suspects have been killed since President Digong took over.
Admittedly, some policemen abused their authority by killing innocent persons, the reason the lead role in the war on drugs has been taken away from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and given to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
Activists focus on the human rights of drug and crime suspects.
But hasn’t it occurred to them that crime victims and persons who became drug addicts also have rights?
Unfortunately, their rights were violated by the dregs of society.
So which should take precedence: The rights of crime victims and drug addicts or those of crime suspects?
To countries that criticize the Duterte administration’s alleged human rights violations: Leave us alone to deal with an internal issue.
President Digong has time and again urged these critics to respect our country’s sovereignty.
The Philippines has never raised a ruckus against the US’ invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq to protect American lives at home.
It understands that these acts were done in self-defense.
In the same way, the elimination of crime and drug suspects — both are one and the same since most crimes are committed by persons high on drugs — is an act of self-defense by the Philippines.
If crime and drugs are not stopped now, our society will be destroyed.
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Many years ago, many places in New York were dangerous for strollers, especially Central Park.
Muggings in the streets were common, so were burglaries and rapes.
Then came Rudolph Giuliani who, like Rodrigo Duterte, was a prosecutor before entering politics.
When Giuliani became mayor of New York City, the streets became safe as the crime rate went down significantly.
How Giuliani did the seemingly impossible task of bringing down the crime rate in the Big Apple is something for the books.
He resorted to unorthodox methods but how come human rights advocates didn’t gang up on him the way they are now going after Digong?
C’mon guys, the criminals in New York didn’t disappear and the streets became safe because Giuliani had a magic wand.
Before they notice the dirt in other people’s yard, why don’t American human rights groups look in their own backyard first?