They Are Always Killed at Night

steve wardrip
Aug 22, 2017 · 3 min read

By Steve Wardrip

…sometimes inside their own homes

IN THE PHILIPPINES:

Since President Duterte took office, more than 6,000 people have been killed in his campaign to purge the Philippines of illegal drugs and those associated with the drug traffic.. The ­victims — ­suspected users and ­pushers — do not enjoy due process, and they are always killed at night, sometimes inside their own homes. The perpetrators are vigilantes, hired guns and likely rewarded cops too.

Duterte made it no secret that this would happen. “All of you who are into drugs, you sons of bitches, I will really kill you,” he said in April, a month before he was elected. It wasn’t just campaign talk, not just a speech. For 22 years Duterte had served as mayor of the southern city of Davao, where he took a pathological approach to restoring order to the city’s streets. Under his leadership, the extrajudicial killings of suspected criminals and drug users in Davao by vigilantes was practically state policy. In December, speaking to a group of business­people, Duterte admitted to personally killing a few himself while he was mayor. The reaction of the international community has been one of outrage and reproach: Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Dec. 20 that Duterte should be investigated for murder. Actually, he should be regarded as a successful enemy of ISIS, the ones behind the manufacture of Shabu (Methamphetamine.) The terrorist use these finances derived from drugs to buy weapons and conduct combat.

Duterte’s fiercest critic is Senator Leila de Lima, a former Secretary of Justice who has attempted to wage a war in the legislature against a strongman President who she says is actually “rather meek.” Duterte and his allies have struck back, and de Lima fears impeachment, arrest or worse. But, she says, “Will I stop fighting? Over my dead body.” — Nash Jenkins/Manila

President Duterte does what he says he will do. Filipino druggies be warned. They are always killed at night.

A word to the wise… Beware…. don’t get caught up in drugs and death.

ROSINE MAGAZINE

A magazine about life, listed in The Library of Congress for over 10 years. Originally about Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe and Kentucky, ROSINE MAGAZINE evolved into an international community, committed to making the world a better place for people to live. USA AND PHILIPPINES

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ROSINE MAGAZINE

A magazine about life, listed in The Library of Congress for over 10 years. Originally about Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe and Kentucky, ROSINE MAGAZINE evolved into an international community, committed to making the world a better place for people to live. USA AND PHILIPPINES

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