During a press conference in Davao International Airport on December 16, he explained why he must kill the criminals in Davao City during his early years as Mayor.
President Rodrigo Duterte revealed during his arrival statement following his state visits to Cambodia and Singapore that the woman that he saved from 3 kidnappers is now a Doctor.
During a press conference in Davao International Airport on December 16, he explained why he must kill the criminals in Davao City during his early years as Mayor.
According to him, kidnapping was rampant in Davao City during his early months and every Davaoños knew that.
He narrated how he and his men saved the life of a woman who is now a doctor from her kidnappers.
“I was only three months mayor in 1988. Alam ninyong taga-Davao. You know, all Davaoeños know that. They were picking victims right in the middle of the downtown area. Sa [uyangco?] rin dinampot nila yung babae kasama yung boyfriend. They were just into this…there used to be a Betamax, you have to go to an outlet and rent one. They just picked up the woman and brought her to Cotabato and they detained her for 2 months. One day, they sent feelers of… to the family and she’s still alive. She is now a doctor, the woman…sent feelers to the parents that they were going to surrender or return the hostage, I don’t want to mention the name. Sabi nila in exchange for 2 million not to tell the police but the parents whispered to me.
So, on that fateful night, they were travelling. I was there with retired police Elson Estares and two others because they never expected that they would pass this way but they would return. It is not done. Usually if you pass in this area, you pass only once. You do not go back and…but the troops were there surrounding the house. So when we heard somebody inside, he’s a brave guy, Lima, he was the one I told. You go there because he was a shooter. I said could you take out three persons at one time, he said yes.
When the firefight started and Duterte already knew that the criminals were ready to kill and to die, he grabbed his m16 to finish them off.
Okay you will be that inside the bedroom. And when she said the birdie, “birdie” is safe. So they went down and it was covered by the televisions. The networks were just at the background. So, when they refused to stop, we saw a carbine pointed at us. We were parked nearby. So, the shooting started and I was one holding a…I was holding a .45 but you know, when I saw them coming back to our direction, I grabbed my M16, American-made, mind you…to kill criminals. Not extrajudicial, there was a firefight. And I said there were about only three of us there.
He lambasted the people who criticized him for his admission that he killed criminals and told them that he’s only doing his job to protect the people of Davao.
So, I might have hit them all or none at all. But the fact is I was there and I fired at them. It was a pure case of kidnapping. It happened during my first term in 1988. And here comes an idiot—always an idiot almost all of them are, saying that my admission, that I shot the suspect, they were not suspect. You idiotic. I don’t know from where you are. To us I was not a suspect, I was in a shootout and many others in my career of the 23 years. I am a mayor that cannot tolerate oppression of civilians, and many others and small encounters. Another kidnap-killing I was there. It also resulted in a shootout. The family was a…the wife of a small mall here in the city. So what’s wrong in being, you are pictured to be a killer.
So, at least I killed to protect people. I am not here a dictator killing my political opponents to stay in power.”
Duterte said that he only kill to protect the oppressed people of his city where criminality where rampant during the 1980’s before he became a Mayor.
source: Public Trending
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