MANILA – With President Rodrigo Dutete grabbing international headlines with his expletive-laced controversial remarks, the Philippines may as well change its tourism slogan to include curse words, Senator Dick Gordon said Monday.
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“The President has a duty to be a statesman. He must not be heard saying bad words,” said Gordon, who was a former Tourism secretary.
“Sasabihin ko nga baguhin na natin ang ating slogan sa tourism [I’ll just suggest that we change our tourism slogan to] ‘Welcome to the PI’, ‘Wow PI.’ Hopefully, marinig ni Pangulo ito at ‘hoy, baka sumusobra na siguro ,’ [the President will hear this and (realize), hey, maybe it’s already too much].”
Gordon added that the President’s repeated endorsement of the killing of drug suspects if they fight off policemen leads to a misconception that he is sanctioning the use of unnecessary violence.
“Maingay ang Pangulo, sobrang ingay ng Pangulo. Tama lang na ipakita niya na galit siya sa droga pero huwag na siyang mag-ingay na ‘I will kill you,’ Hindi tama ‘yan,” Gordon said.
“Kaya he is falling on his own sword, nadadapa siya sa kanyang espada dahil salita siya nang salita, napag-bibintangan tuloy ang bansa na ‘yan ang nangyayari.”
[The President is too noisy. It is alright for him to show that he loathes drugs, but he shouldn’t say ‘I will kill you.’ That’s not right. He is falling on his own sword, tripping on his sword because he talks and talks so the country is accused that that’s what is happening.]
But Gordon, who is leading an inquiry into the spate of extra-judicial killings under the Duterte administration, agreed with the President that other countries, especially the US, should not interfere with Manila's anti-narcotics policies.
Gordon said the Western superpower has no moral superiority to investigate possible abuses against Filipino drug suspects, given its own record of rampant police killings.
“One dead is one dead too many, kailangang imbestigahin pero wag sila [it should be investigated, but not by them (US)]. Let those without sin cast the first stone,” he said.
SOURCE: ABS-CBN
Gordon added that the President’s repeated endorsement of the killing of drug suspects if they fight off policemen leads to a misconception that he is sanctioning the use of unnecessary violence.
“Maingay ang Pangulo, sobrang ingay ng Pangulo. Tama lang na ipakita niya na galit siya sa droga pero huwag na siyang mag-ingay na ‘I will kill you,’ Hindi tama ‘yan,” Gordon said.
“Kaya he is falling on his own sword, nadadapa siya sa kanyang espada dahil salita siya nang salita, napag-bibintangan tuloy ang bansa na ‘yan ang nangyayari.”
[The President is too noisy. It is alright for him to show that he loathes drugs, but he shouldn’t say ‘I will kill you.’ That’s not right. He is falling on his own sword, tripping on his sword because he talks and talks so the country is accused that that’s what is happening.]
But Gordon, who is leading an inquiry into the spate of extra-judicial killings under the Duterte administration, agreed with the President that other countries, especially the US, should not interfere with Manila's anti-narcotics policies.
Gordon said the Western superpower has no moral superiority to investigate possible abuses against Filipino drug suspects, given its own record of rampant police killings.
“One dead is one dead too many, kailangang imbestigahin pero wag sila [it should be investigated, but not by them (US)]. Let those without sin cast the first stone,” he said.
SOURCE: ABS-CBN
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