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| US Congressmen James McGovern and Randy Hultgren. |
US Congressmen Randy
Hultgren and James McGovern, co-chairs of the bipartisan Tom Lantos Human
Rights Commission, said asserting sovereignty “does not give governments free
rein to kill their own people at will.”
The lawmakers made the
statement in response to Duterte's earlier threat to bar them from entering the
Philippines after they called on US President Donald Trump to raise human
rights issues during their meeting here.
“We will continue to
stand up for human rights and the rule of law in the Philippines and everywhere
else in the world, in keeping with American and international values,” the two
lawmakers said.
“We urge Mr. Duterte to
join us in that endeavor. Should the situation in the Philippines improve, it
will be our pleasure to recognize that the next time we hold a hearing on that
country.”
You are not welcome here sirs. Please give us the chance to clean our society of its dregs, in our own way and in our own style. Just recently, 3 young and beautiful women were raped and murdered, one was burned beyond recognition, the boyfriend of one of them was also murdered. These victims deserve justice, a swift kind of justice. If we are going to rely on our justice system, chances are it will take a long time, maybe 50 or a hundred years before justice is served. Look at the case of the Ampatuans in the Maguindanao massacre.
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