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President Rodrigo Duterte again slammed human rights advocates for defending criminals, but the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) reiterated its mandate as “the conscience of the government.”
Duterte said on his speech at the 50th founding anniversary of Davao del Norte “Most of the time, these human rights [lawyers] defend criminals. They don’t have clients who are not criminals.”
He said they did not even express sympathy for the victims or condemnation of the crime, citing the killing of the Carlos family in San Jose del Monte City in Bulacan on Tuesday.
WELL, YEAH! ANY STATEMENT FROM CHR ON THIS? EVEN IN THE NEWS, NO PUBLIC STATEMENT WAS HEARD FROM CHR.
“Every day there is an addict killed, there is also an innocent person who is held up [or] killed,” the President said. “And these idiots just [turn] a blind eye. The jerks don’t care.”
CHR Commissioner Roberto Eugenio Cadiz said in an interview “Every time we talk to the media about this or that killing, we are immediately accused of being protectors of criminals,” Cadiz explained that under traditional definitions, human rights violations are committed by the state.
“We are not against the government peace and order program, not against going after drug syndicates.
We are against shortcuts in processes, such as when innocent people merely accused are killed by the wayside,” Cadiz added.
“We put pressure not for the purpose of harassing or embarrassing our government, but for making them accountable so human rights violations don’t continue,” he said.
Cadiz also refuted the police’s usual argument of self-defense when drug suspects are killed in their operations.
Source: News/ Inquirer
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