EU summons Filipino envoy to explain Duterte tirade
MANILA -- The European Union (EU) summoned on Monday a Philippine envoy to explain an expletive-laden tirade by President Rodrigo Duterte, who threatened to hang EU officials for opposing his efforts to re-impose the death penalty.
The EU's external action shabu," he said in a speech service, the equivalent of a before Filipino-Chinese foreign office, said it businessmen. "Then if you hauled Charge d'Affaires want cocaine, they will Alan Deniega in to its Brussels give you cocaine and if headquarters to provide they want heroin, they will "an explanation for the recent, give you heroin." unacceptable comments The EU said that in cooperation of President Duterte." with the World
The move highlights Health Organization and growing European exasperation experts, it was working with the President. with Manila's Department
Earlier, the EU denied of Health and the his allegations that it proposed government's main antidrug solving the Philippines' agency and selected drug problem by creating villages to implement a treatment clinics program that "aims to support where illegal drugs such as recovery from addiction, methamphetamine or cocaine while keeping families would be dispensed. together and facilitating
The EU Delegation to the development of social Philippines issued a statement and job skills." saying it has not "suggested, The voluntary program discussed, proposed plans to develop "recovery or considered the use of any clinics and recovery substitution drugs when homes," where patients can treating addiction to methamphetamine receive better care, education ... or any and counseling without other drug addiction in the prescribing medication Philippines." It did not mention and ensuring confidentiality. Duterte by name. Livelihood skills will be
Duterte, who has lashed taught, the EU said. out at the EU repeatedly for Thousands have died raising human rights concerns under Duterte's crackdown, over his deadly crackdown which was launched after on illegal drugs, said he took office in June, in a speech Friday the EU alarming the EU, Western had proposed a "healthbased governments and UN rights solution" to the drug officials. problem that involved dispensing Duterte has said he will methampetamine, not be intimidated by locally known as shabu, threats by critics to impeach cocaine or heroin. him or file a case
He branded the supposed against him before the International EU proposal a "government-sponsored Criminal Court idiotic for the killings, mostly of exer ci se." poor drug dealers and users.
"The sons of bitches, they He has denied condoning want us to build clinics, extrajudicial killings then we should, instead of but has repeatedly threatened arresting or putting them drug suspects with in prison like in other countries, death and said he is ready you go there and if to rot in jail to protect Filipinos you want shabu they will from atrocious crimes inject you or give you linked to drugs.