The leader of the former Duterte Philippine suggested the murder of the Senator in the Bomb Explosion | News about politics
The former president gathers the opposition while his family seeks to challenge the congress most of President Marcos.
Former Filipin leader Rodrigo Duterte suggested the murder of a bomb explosion to make seats in Senate for his preferred opposition candidates, since his word war with current President Ferdinand Marcos JR warms up in the middle of a medium -sized election campaign.
The former president made comments on Thursday night during a speech at a rally in Manila, who supported nine opposition senatorial candidates running in the May elections in May.
“There are many [senators]. So what should we do? We just kill the senators now, so we will have more vacancies, “Duterte said in a mixture of Philippines and Englishmen, drawing loud fans from the crowd.
“If we can kill about 15 senators, we can all enter the Senate. That would still be a pity. Some of them are really boring. But not all,” he continued.
“Talking about the possibilities, the only way to do this is the use of a bomb,” Duterte added, evoking a deadly 1971 bombing at the campaign rally, in which nine people remained wounded and wounded, including six current and future senators, as well as about .
Duterte’s statement followed to the abolition of his daughter, Vice -President Sara Dutertewhose political fate, including possible removal and eternal disqualification from public duties, will decide the 24-member Filipin Senate.
The trial date of the younger Duterte has not yet been set, but it will probably happen after May. With two -thirds of the number of senators needed for conviction, the final composition of the Senate could prove critical for its political survival. Most senators are the Allies of Marcos.
The history of threats
As a candidate for president in 2016 and as president until 2022, Duterte has known that he issued threats to charging Profan aimed at public officers, including the elected politicians, referee Like police officers, while waging their deadly war against drugs.
Under his clock, the estimated 25 mayors and vice presidents were killed, either by the police or unknown armed and sniper. Some of the killed were allegedly involved in Duterte’s drug list.
According to the Philippine police, Duterte’s war against drugs killed at least 7,000 people, but the advocates of human rights say that death is up to 30,000. Murders are now subject to an investigation International Criminal Court.
At the campaign set on Thursday, Duterte also renewed his accusations that President Marcos used illegal drugs, adding that he may be a “permanent heroin user”.
Marcos JR and Duterte’s daughter, Sara, ran as political allies in 2022, running the path to the historical victory of the landslide.
But just over a year after taking office, their alliance crashed for charges of misuse of public resources.
In November, Sara Duterte gave a speech about the load, saying she had ordered someone to kill Marcos If she was killed herself.
She also accused Marcos of being a weak and incompetent leader, adding that she once imagined the president’s head.
On Wednesday, the National Investigation Office of the Philippines recommended that a criminal complaint be filed against Vice President for alleged threats that Marcos JR was killed.
