{"id":218201,"date":"2019-06-10T18:01:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T22:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=218201"},"modified":"2019-06-10T18:01:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T22:01:09","slug":"un-rights-body-keeps-repeating-false-narratives-vs-duterte-admin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/10\/un-rights-body-keeps-repeating-false-narratives-vs-duterte-admin\/","title":{"rendered":"UN rights body keeps repeating false narratives vs. Duterte admin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who earlier described the independent probe as \u201cinterference\u201d to Philippine sovereignty, said the UN experts were only going to repeat their \u201cfalse\u201d allegations against the administration. (File Photo<\/a>: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday brushed aside the remark made by Vice President Leni Robredo that the Duterte administration should welcome the call of United Nations (UN) experts for a probe into alleged human rights violations in the country if it has nothing to hide.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who earlier described the independent probe as \u201cinterference\u201d to Philippine sovereignty, said the UN experts were only going to repeat their \u201cfalse\u201d allegations against the administration.<\/p>\n

A group of 11 experts, including UN Special Rapporteurs Agnes Callamard and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, have called for an independent probe on the Philippines following alleged human rights violations in relation to the drug war launched by the administration in 2016.<\/p>\n

Panelo, who is also Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, slammed the call for an independent probe, noting that UN experts\u2019 basis comes from the opposition, and critics and detractors of the President.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey keep on repeating the same false narratives against this government,\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

He further said the false information was also specifically raised during the election campaign to tarnish Duterte\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose issues were specifically raised during the election campaign, and the electorate repudiated overwhelmingly,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese rapporteurs should realize by now that iyong\u00a0mga isyu na niri-raise nila hindi totoo<\/em>\u00a0(the issues they raised are not true),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo said a probe is not necessary since the UN experts have seemingly \u201cconcluded\u201d that the Duterte administration has indeed violated human rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can you be asking for an investigation when you already concluded that this country has violated certain human rights and has killed many people? So what\u2019s the use of investigating\u00a0kung may conclusion ka na, \u2018di ba<\/em>\u00a0(if you already have a conclusion, right)?\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Panelo has repeatedly defended the administration\u2019s war on drugs, noting that it is \u201cpursuant to the primary duty of the state to preserve and protect the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also stressed that law enforcement authorities operate on strict protocols and that police abuses relative to the war on drugs were placed under administrative sanction and criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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