United States Senator Patrick Leahy warns the Philippines of ‘further conditions’ on US aid because of recent extrajudicial killings in the Southeast Asian country.
Leahy is the authored the law that bars the US from extending assistance “to any unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible information that such unit has committed a gross violation of human rights.”
“The Leahy Law should be used to encourage reform and accountability, but to address these systemic challenges it may be necessary to consider further conditions on assistance to the Duterte government to ensure that US taxpayer funds are property spent and until that government demonstrates a commitment to the rule of law,” Leahy said as quoted by Rappler.
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