MANILA, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte respects human rights, his spokesman said Wednesday in response to the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights singling out the Filipino leader on human rights issue.
Secretary Ernesto Abella said that Duterte, as lawyer and former prosecutor, knows the limits of the power and authority of the presidency.
He quoted what the president said in his inauguration on June 30, stating, "I know what is legal and what is not. My adherence to due process and the rule of law is uncompromising."
"President Duterte is a respecter of human rights," Abella said.
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