In response to international criticism of the rising death toll on war on drug, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte raised his insults with a rude sign — raising his middle finger — after the European Parliament condemned “the current wave of extrajudicial executions and killings in the Philippines”.
In response, Duterte said the Parliament’s members were “hypocrites” whose colonial-era ancestors killed “thousands” of Arabs and other peoples. “They’re taking the high ground to assuage their feelings of guilt. But who did I kill? Assuming it to be true, 1,700, who are they? Criminals. You call that genocide,” he stated. “Now the EU has the gall to condemn me. So I repeat it. F*** you,” he said, raising his middle finger.
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