Palace on US senators’ call to condemn Duterte for rights abuses: ‘Bahala na si Joe Biden’

By Prince Golez

Malacañang on Monday said it will let United States (US) President Joe Biden decide on the call of 11 US senators urging the Biden administration to condemn the alleged human rights abuses committed by the government of President Rodrigo Duterte.

“We leave that decision to President Joe Biden. Amerikano po ‘yan. In the same way na ayaw nating merong manghimasok sa gawain ng Kongreso ng Pilipinas, hindi po namin sila panghihimasukan,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a virtual presser.

“Yan naman po ay personal na mga pananaw ng [11] na senador na Amerikano. Bahala na sila kung anong gagawin nila,” added Roque.

In a letter to State Secretary Antony Blinken, the American senators said the Biden government should “stand with the people of the Philippines” in the fight for human rights.

They also flagged the country’s drug war; practice of red-tagging; and attacks against journalists among others.

The letter was signed by Senator Edward Markey of Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Patrick Leahy from Vermont, Jeffrey Merkley of Oregon, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Ben Cardin of Maryland, Ron Wyden of Oregon, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Richard Durbin of Illinois, and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland.

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