{"id":161295,"date":"2018-04-23T21:20:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T01:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=161295"},"modified":"2018-04-23T21:20:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T01:20:06","slug":"palace-finds-us-state-dept-report-inconsistent-with-trump-remark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/23\/palace-finds-us-state-dept-report-inconsistent-with-trump-remark\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace finds US State Dep’t report inconsistent with Trump remark"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: United States President Donald Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (PCOO PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malacanang on Monday said the report of the United States (US) State Department is not consistent with the stand of President Donald Trump who praised the campaign against illegal drugs of President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n

\u201cI personally heard the discussion between President Trump and President Duterte when they were here in the Philippines during the ASEAN Summit and I think I heard words from President Trump praising President Duterte including the war on drugs,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace media briefing.<\/p>\n

Contrary to Trump\u2019s stand, the US State Department reportedly stated in its Reports on Human Rights Practices 2017 report that \u201cconcerns about police impunity increased significantly following the sharp increase in police killings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I\u2019m not mistaken, President Trump said he knows what he\u2019s doing in the Philippines \u2018no. So I do not know how to reconcile the State Department report with the actual statement of the President. But for now, we were going by the statements of President Trump that we all heard from the mouth of President Trump. He is after all the President,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Roque said there is nothing to worry about the US State Department\u2019s report, adding that he thinks \u201cthis is not the priority of President\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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