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On leaving the UN

WHAT HE SAID: Maybe we'll just have to decide to separate from the United Nations.

The President made the threat early Sunday, August 21, after UN special rapporteurs Agnes Callamard and Dainius Puras in a statement called on the Philippine government to stop the extrajudicial killings linked to the administration's anti-drug war.

"Eh kung ganiyan kayo kabastos eh p— ina, umalis na kami diyan sa inyo," he said. "When were you here the last time? Never. Except to criticize... When have you done a good deed to my country?"

WHAT HIS MEN SAID: We're staying in the UN.

Foreign Affairs Sec. Perfecto Yasay Jr. and Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella clarified the next day that the Philippines was staying as a member-state of the UN.

Yasay said the President's pronouncement was "a statement expressing profound disappointment and frustration."

Abella pointed out that the UN "as a formal institution should have made formal representations" on the matter.

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On state of lawless violence

WHAT HE SAID: "I just might declare a state of lawless violence in this country."

An explosion ripped through the Roxas Night Market in Davao City last September 3, killing 14 and hurting 67 others.

After meeting with security officials near the area, the President said: "There seems to be an environment of lawlessness. I just might declare a state of lawless violence in this country."

The declaration is rooted on Article VII, Section 18 of the Constitution, which tags the President as commander-in-chief of all armed forces of the country and under such capacity may tap the forces "to prevent or suppress lawless violence, invasion or rebellion."

WHAT HIS MEN SAID: It applies only to Mindanao... No, it applies to the entire country.

There seemed to have been some confusion among the President's men over the scope of the said declaration.

The Palace clarified later in the day that the state of lawless violence covers "not only Mindanao, but also the rest of the nation."

The signed declaration covering the entire country was released days later.

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WHAT HIS MEN SAID: Duterte to sit with Obama, UN secretary general

After the White House cancelled the bilateral meeting between Duterte and US President Barack Obama, Malacañang's communication team announced they would be seated together at the ASEAN gala dinner.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon would be Duterte's other seatmate, it added.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED: Duterte was seated away from Obama, Ban

Contrary to the communication team's announcement, Duterte did not sit beside Obama and Ban at the gala dinner.

He was instead seated beside Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Obama was seated beside Brunei's King Hassanal Bolkiah and Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuân Phúc. Ban, meanwhile, was with his wife, Yoo Soon-taek.



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On the Hilter comparison

WHAT HE DID: Mention Adolf Hitler on how he plans to deal with criminals

Arriving in Davao City from an official visit to Vietnam, Duterte appeared to draw a parallel between his campaign to wipe out illegal drugs and the genocide of Jews by Nazi Germany.

"Hitler massacred three million Jews. Now, there are three million drug addicts... I'd be happy to slaughter them," he said.

"At least if Germany had Hitler, the Philippines would have... You know my victims, I would like to be, all criminals, to finish the problem of my country and save the next generation from perdition," Duterte said.

Duterte made the remarks as he once again addressed the criticisms he had been getting from the United States and the European Union for killings attributed to his war on drugs.

WHAT HIS MEN SAID: President "addressing negative comparison that people made between him and Hitler."

Malacañang responded to criticisms over the statement the following day, saying Duterte was merely addressing "negative comparison" people have made between him and Hitler.

"Hitler murdered three million innocent civilians whereas Duterte was referencing his 'willingness to kill' three million criminal drug dealers - to save the future of the next generation and the country," Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella explained in a statement, adding that "[t]hose are two entirely different things."

Abella also said that the Philippines was cognizant of the deep significance of the Jewish experience during the Holocaust, and the Philippine government did not wish to diminish the profound loss of 6 million Jews.

"The President's reference to the slaughter was an oblique deflection of the way he has been pictured as a mass murderer, a Hitler, a label he rejects," Abella said.

Duterte would later apologize for the pronouncement, saying "there was never an intention on my part to derogate the memory of six million Jews murdered by the Germans."

He visited the synagogue of the Jewish Association of the Philippines in Makati City and repeated his apology.

from http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/584222/news/nation/officials-clarifying-duterte-s-off-the-cuff-statements-and-the-other-way-around

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