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(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, March 7, slammed United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet following her remarks the country’s drug war “should not be considered a model by any country.” “Ilan beses na sinasabi natin na mas marunong pa sila dito sa bansa how to deal with our problems,”Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. According to Panelo, in the first place, Bachelet’s remarks were based on “information coming from the critics […]
(Eagle News)—Newly installed United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet slammed the Philippines’ drug war, saying it was “not a good model” for any country. In her address before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Bachelet noted what she said was the drug campaign’s “lack of respect for rule of law and international standards,” and the “27000” people who she said may have been killed based on “several sources.” “Only one case, a […]
(Eagle News)—-The Palace on Thursday, Aug. 9, welcomed the selection of Chile’s former President Michelle Bachelet as the next United Nations human rights chief. “I think the (s)election of this new High Commissioner for Human Rights must be a result of compromise and we’re optimistic that we will have better relations with the new High Commissioner for Human Rights,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. President Rodrigo Duterte had engaged in a word war with Jordan’s Zeid […]
