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Philippines candidate Duterte condemned over rape comments - BBC News
Philippines candidate Duterte condemned over rape comments
A video of leading Philippines presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte joking about a murdered Australian rape victim has provoked a storm of protest.
The footage shows Mr Duterte and his supporters making light of the assault by prison inmates in 1989 when he was town mayor.
He said the female missionary was so beautiful that "the mayor should have been first".
Critics say this shows Mr Duterte is "unfit" for the office of president.
Mr Duterte's supporters however have dismissed the comments as a joke.
The candidate is known for his irreverent speeches and boasts of ***ual conquests.
One recent poll had him leading over other contenders ahead of the 9 May election.
'Disgusting endorsement'
The rape comments in a YouTube video are the latest in a string of inflammatory statements - including the proposed mass executions of suspected criminals - made by Mr Duterte.
In the video he refers to the missionary who was murdered while ministering in a prison in the city of Davao in the southern Philippines and goes on to make his remark to laughter at a campaign rally.
President Benigno Aquino's spokesman Herminio Coloma said the comments reflected Mr Duterte's "lack of fitness for the presidency" and his "utter lack of respect for women".
A rival presidential candidate, Vice-President Jejomar Binay, called the comments revolting.
"You are a crazy maniac who doesn't respect women and doesn't deserve to be president," Mr Binay told Mr Duterte in a statement.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Deputy Asia Director Phil Robertson said the comments "were a disgusting endorsement of ***ual violence" for which Mr Duterte should be utterly condemned.
In 2015, HRW described Mr Duterte as the death squad mayor for his tactics in dealing with violent crime in Davao, with more than 1,000 people being killed
Kayo naman wala tao perfecto. Lahat yan meron baho. Malay nyo yung akala nyo kagagalang-galang eh favorite pala....wag na lang.
Ang labanan dito kung ano nagawa.....
Duterte - as davao mayor and congressman
Mar - as DILG secretary
Poe - as senator, mtrcb chair
Miriam- as senator
Binay- as mayor and vice-president.
Ang labanan sa pagiging presidente kung magaling ka administrator. mag-delegate.
T*ngn* naman,- hindi na siya nadala sa kanyang comment sa Papa....
Bvw*kan3n*ng iyan,- ayan ka na naman,- another "foot in the mouth"...
"The measure of a man is what he does with power" LJIOHF!
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No. You are going to be president. You are going to represent the philippines in the international stage. If you are going to speak like that, you are bringing shame to the country and you are going to be looked down by the other world leaders.
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Reasons will not prevail over dutertards. That is blind fanaticism. And sadly there are so many of them....even my professional friends that I thought were above these things.
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I find this absurd bro.,- (I have not checked the net), unless he is doing these things deliberately for some reason....
Dear bro.,- anak ng hin*yvp*k na l3ch3ng put3 iyan.... Apologize-apologize,- again, wondering if he is doing these things deliberately?
Iyan nga raw ang weakness nating mga Pilipino,- mabilis tayong magpatawad....
Ang mga pulitiko,- magnanakaw ng daang milyong pera (o bilyon sa kaso ng mga Marcos),- Theoretically,- tapos magkukumpisal lang sa Pari,- patatawarin na... O di malinis na ulit....
O di hala bira,- puwede pa ulit magnakaw ng mas marami!!!
Mano'ng sabihin ng Pari (o baka naman sinasabi rin talaga),- "Isauli ang lahat ng perang ninakaw sa bayan at humingi ng kapatawaran sa kanila at magdasal ng isanglibong....... at huwag na uling magkakasala n*mo!"
"The measure of a man is what he does with power" LJIOHF!
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Now dutertards are cyberbullying every women who speak out their minds about the joke.
Saying "ma-rape ka sana", "siguro hinde ka pa nakatikim ng masarap, try mo si mayor".
Mga ulol talaga.
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sa interview kahapon ...
sorry daw to the filipino people ... pero hindi sa gabriela
inaasar lang nya gabriela
nakuwento nya pangyayari ... galit na galit daw sya nung oras na yun kaya bastos ang lumabas sa bunganga
I have friends on FB na naga argument na because of Duterte. Wow. Magkaka siraan pa ata ng friendship. Haha.
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