Posted on 06/21/2021 8:50:59 PM PDT by Cronos
President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as the Philippines battles one of Asia’s worst outbreaks, with a cumulative total of more than 1.3 million cases and 23,000 deaths.
“You choose, vaccine or I will have you jailed,” Duterte said in a televised address on Monday following reports of low turnouts at several vaccination sites in the capital Manila.
Duterte’s remarks contradict those of his health officials, who have said that while people are being urged to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, it was voluntary.
“Don’t get me wrong, there is a crisis in this country,” Duterte said. “I’m just exasperated by Filipinos not heeding the government.”
As of Sunday, Philippine authorities had fully vaccinated 2.1 million people, making slow progress towards the government’s target of up to 70 million of the country’s 110 million people.
...In the same address, he took a swipe at the international criminal court (ICC), after an ICC prosecutor had sought permission from the court for a full inquiry into the drug war killings in the Philippines.
Duterte, who in March 2018 cancelled the Philippines’ membership of the ICC’s founding treaty, repeated he would not cooperate with the inquiry, describing the ICC as “bullshit”.
“Why would I defend or face an accusation before white people. You must be crazy,” Duterte said, who after winning the presidency in 2016 unleashed an anti-narcotics campaign that has killed thousands.
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What’s up with THIS ?
1.7% death rate (at most) and this lunatic wants to jail people.
He’s always been a lunatic.
Folks in the PI have lost their taste for his BS.
Another tinpot dictator. Dr. Fauci would love this guy.
I’d like to see him jail millions of Filipinos. What’s he going to do, build more jails? Where’s he going to get the money for this?
Things like this tell me over and over this vaccine isn’t about covid.
Maybe stop counting heart attacks and cancer as covid then watch the numbers drop
Probably from the consolidated drug trade that he sponsored.
I mentioned the other day how I got to wondering if some of these sudden “outbreaks” we see reported in some countries might be the ruling junta getting rid of the opposition and blaming it on COVID.
So he kills people that shoot up drugs, and jails people that won’t.
He’s a clown and a despot.
The Filipinos need to exercise their right to bear arms and stand up to this tyranny.
population 110 million. 23,000 deaths.
would have ten times the number of deaths to equal US.
people should decide if they want these injections or not.
Duterte is a totalitarian. And, a Hothead. His title is President but, he believes himself to be Dictator. His claim to fame was drastically reducing crime in his city as Mayor. And, he did. He made criminals disappear without any semblance of due process. His success in reducing crime was his ticket to the Presidency. But, a great many families who were his political opponents were also declared Criminals.
They mysteriously disappeared as well.
He makes all kinds of threats he doesn’t follow through on. Or makes an example of one or two and leaves it at that.
Well, they used covid as an excuse to steal an election here.
President Duterte gave anti-vaxxers two choices: get anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin or leave the country since they don’t want to join the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program.
This was in another article - but strangely, the Guardian didn't want to share that important little tidbit with us.
I wonder why not? 
TOTAL Media manipulation.
According to my gf, from Davao and personally acquainted with Rodrigo’s family, most Filipinos who like Duterte also like Trump.
I never expected Duarte to have lasted this long in office.
I expected he would be either killed by opposition, or declared ‘unfit for duty’ then frog marched away while wearing a strait jacket.
He seems to want to be the Erdogan (Turkish Pres.) of the Phiilipines.
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