President Rodrigo Duterte continues to be the talk of the town not just locally but Internationally. Despite apologizing on his "Hitler quip", his recent call for US and EU to withdraw their aid in the Philippines is still making rounds. The alleged extrajudicial killing are also still in the air despite the hearings conducted by the senate to investigate on it.
This may be the reason why a French local newspaper called him a President Killer in one of their headlines. It was the Liberation which has a 4-page long article entitled "Rodrigo Duterte Le president serial killer" or "Rodrigo Duterte, the serial killer president" when translated in English.
But many senators did not sit well with how the newspaper portrayed the Duterte. Senate President Koko Pimentel stated then:
"That's unfair because did they conduct any in-depth investigative work before they came up with their conclusion? Sana gano'n gawin sa ibang bansa. They should follow the Philippine media – before we make unfair headlines, we have investigated."
"For a French newpaper to label our President as serial killer, ang tanong ko what's their basis? May pinapunta ba sila [na] investigative reporter dito or they just got it from the internet? I don't know what made the editor jump to that hasty conclusion. A serial killing president, what is his evidence?"
"That's beyond our control. I would not lose sleep over the coverage of the president in foreign media, that's beyond our control. Iba po standards nila doon, kultura nila,"
Pimentel was also surprised of how foreigners can be so informed of the PH's current events and said: "Actually, 'yan na nga ang issue. There is Resolution No. 9 here to investigate who is or maybe responsible in the unexplained killings. Eh inunahan na tayo ng isang newspaper, I don't know why they are more knowledgeable about happenings in the Philippines than Filipinos themselves. Siguro, I don't know, maybe the paper needed to sell some issues?"
On the other hand, Tito Sotto, Senate Majority Leader, said: "Hindi nakakaintindi ng English. Hindi lahat ng Pranses na diyaryo nakakaintindi ng Ingles,"
"Mas marami nga ang following ngayon kaysa 'yung before the elections eh. Before the elections, the people [who] supported him, hindi ganyan karami. Ngayon, mas marami nang sumusuporta sa kanya. Ngayon pa ba papansinin 'yan?"
"Oo, better not waste your time on comments of people against you. What do you expect? Kahit anong explanation gawin mo, kahit anong kuwento gawin mo, hindi naman maniniwala sa'yo. In the same way 'pag naniniwala sa'yo, kahit anong paninira sabihin sa'yo, hindi sila maniniwala,"
Seantor Panfilo Lacson also reacted regarding the issue saying:
"I think exaggerated naman ang pag-describe sa kanya na serial killer. Sa akin exaggerated 'yan. Unang-una, hindi naman siguro direct or personal knowledge ang pinanggalingan ng comment ng French newspaper," Lacson said.
"I think it's unfair to tag our president as a serial killer. Maski sinong Pilipino, ke bumoto sa kanya ke hindi, hindi naman maganda pakinggan na inaakusahan na serial killer ang ating pangulo, just because 3,000 suspected drug pushers napapatay, so far,"
Source: TNP, NewsInfoLearn
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