Bishops in the Philippines expressed their disappointments and dislikeness towards the plan proposed by Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines, to abolish the country’s human rights commission. Duterte announced that he wanted to shut down the commission, which had issued a statement criticizing the president’s anti-narcotics war.
As reported by ucanews.com, Bishop Arturo Bastes of Sorsogon remarked that “The president was out of his mind and his desire to abolish the commission is a sign that he has a dangerous tendency to be a dictator and has no knowledge of how government should operate in a democratic society.” Retired Bishop Teodoro Bacani of Novaliches highlighted that “The president cannot just abolish the commission because it was created and protected by the Philippine Constitution.”
The president criticized the human rights body for being silent over killings perpetrated by suspected drug addicts.
Source: www.ucanews.com
