{"id":157646,"date":"2018-03-21T01:03:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T05:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=157646"},"modified":"2018-03-21T13:04:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T17:04:56","slug":"duterte-says-pregnancy-in-female-rebels-multiply-the-human-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/21\/duterte-says-pregnancy-in-female-rebels-multiply-the-human-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte says pregnancy in female rebels \u2018multiply the human problem\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Duterte (SIMEON CELI JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Female rebels should not give birth\u00a0while still with the New People\u2019s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), because they will just \u201cmultiply the human problem,\u201d President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday, March 20.<\/p>\n

\u201cSabi ko, \u201choy, kayong mga <\/em>amazona,\u201d galit talaga ako, galit ako sa ganun eh. Sabi ko, \u201ckung mag-rebelde lang naman kayo, \u2018wag kayong manganak<\/em> (I said, you amazons, I\u2019m really angry, I’m angry with that. I said, if you would just rebel, don\u2019t bear a child) because you multiply the human problem,\u201d Duterte said during the General Assembly of The League of the Municipalities of The Philippines (LMP) at the Fiesta Pavilion, Manila Hotel.<\/p>\n

According to the President, his remark where he ordered the military to shoot female rebels in the vagina was made to threaten and insult them.<\/p>\n

\u201cSabi ko, \u201cbantay kayo. Sabihin ko sa sundalo barilin \u2018yung p***** ninyo.\u201d Ganun kasimple. Mantakot or pang-insulto<\/em>, if you want, kasi galit talaga ako <\/em>(I said, watch out. I will tell soldiers to shoot your vagina. That is very simple. Call it a threat or an insult if you want, because I\u2019m really furious),\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte last month defended this statement, saying it \u201cwas a sort of sarcasm.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also clarified his directive to the soldiers that these women would not be killed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBring that. Tell the soldiers. \u201cThere\u2019s a new order coming from mayor. We won\u2019t kill you. We will just shoot your \u2014- so that\u2026\u201d If there are no \u2014- it would be useless,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n

The Chief Executive expressed his anger toward the female fighters, stressing that they should not have bore\u00a0children if they would just join the NPA movement and leave them behind.<\/p>\n

He drew criticisms from Gabriela Women\u2019s Party, calling him \u201cmacho-facist\u201d for his anti-women remark<\/p>\n

Gabriela Representative Emmi de Jesus said that Duterte presented himself as the \u201cepitome of misogyny and fascism terribly rolled in one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDuterte latest nasty remark openly encourages violence against women, contributes to the impunity on such, and further confirms himself as the most dangerous macho-fascist in the government right now,\u201d de Jesus said.<\/p>\n

She added that the President is pushing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to commit bloodier human rights violations and grave abuses of international humanitarian law, and takes state terrorism against women and the people to a whole new level.<\/p>\n

Also reacting to Duterte\u2019s statement was Senator Leila de Lima who called him a \u201cdamaged\u201d man who needs to seek professional help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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