“President Rodrigo Duterte made a joke about rape as he urged soldiers to use the powers of martial law to take control of a besieged city in the southern Philippines. In the speech Friday, Duterte said he will pay the consequences if any soldiers are accused of abuses. He said: ‘I will go to jail for you. If you happen to have raped three women, I will own up to it.’ On Tuesday, Duterte imposed 60 days of martial law in the southern Philippines as government forces battle militants in Marawi, a city of some 200,000 people. Duterte is unapologetic about his manner of speech and liberally peppers casual statements with profanities.”
Read more: http://nypost.com/2017/05/27/duterte-makes-rape-joke-after-ordering-martial-law/
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