Duterte jokes that his soldiers can rape women under martial law in the Philippines

[womanofthehills]

Three days after declaring martial law in the rebellious southern Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered his troops to crush the militants, and gave a speech to inspire them:

“You can arrest any person, search any house,” Duterte told the soldiers Friday.

“I alone would be responsible” for anything they did under martial law, he said. “I will go to jail for you. If you happen to have raped three women, I will own up to it.”

This last comment — absolving his soldiers for any future rapes — was widely reported as a joke, and if it was, it wouldn't be the ruler's first attempt at the genre.

Before he won the presidency last year, Duterte joked that he “should have been first” in the gang rape of a woman who was held hostage, raped and killed in the 1980s

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/05/27/duterte-jokes-that-his-soldiers-can-rape-women-under-martial-law-in-the-philippines/?utm_term=.f0993046f21b

[SHRED]

1. Wow

[Laffy Kat]

2. No wonder DT admiires him. nt

[jesskirablue42]

3. He's not joking

and it's a war crime.

[TDale313]

7. You're absolutely right. n/t

[KingCharlemagne]

4. Duterte is a good argument for the Gulag - nt

[LOL Lib]

5. Nice buddy you got there Dump.

I guess this behavior will be worth more praise from Donnie 2 Scoops.

[Initech]

6. Worst "people" on earth!!!!!