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| Ernesto Abella (Image: Wiki Commons) |
By Patricia Lourdes Viray
MANILA, Philippines — Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella criticized a report recently released by an international human rights group regarding the administration's war on drugs.
New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on donor countries to end all assistance to the Philippine National Police (PNP) until the killings stop.
"On a call by HRW for foreign governments to suspend assistance to the Philippines based on drug-related killings, we would advise special interest groups to do their homework more diligently before attempting to engage in propaganda," Abella said in a statement.
The HRW said President Rodrigo Duterte could be held liable for crimes against humanity for encouraging the general population to commit vigilante violence against alleged drug offenders.
Abella reminded the human rights group that the president is constitutionally immune from suit but has encouraged the Filipino people to offer constructive criticism.
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PacificSentinel: Mr Abella, your arguments about proof would carry more weight if you followed suit, the issue the world has is your indiscriminate murder of people WITH OUT PROOF of their guilt, arrest them, charge them, try them in a court of law, and IF found guilty, THEN sentence them to death IF necessary, but PROVE they are guilty FIRST!