16 minutes agoThe President: If I'm dead, know he killed me...
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)Filipian President Rodrigo Dutterte has charged the CIA with plotting a plot to kill him. He has declared that if he is found dead, his people should know he was killed by the Central Intelligence Agency. I tell the Philippians that if I die prematurely, know that America has killed me and [...]
I tell the Philippians that if I die prematurely, know that America and the CIA killed me. I tell the CIA not to fuck with me. Either kill me here or get out of my country. Choose and receive, “said the president in a welcome speech.
It's not the first time Duterte has opened up such charges against the CIA. In September 2016, he declared that he had received reports that the agency wanted him dead.
Moreover, in August, the Philippines's National Democratic Front claimed that the CIA had plotted to oust the president from office.
Duterte, meanwhile, continued with the suggestion that his internal political opponents should join forces in “a command”.
I'd be really happy if we started joining. These communists and Liberal Party members. These other people who want me out of office, they have to join a group. I think we share the same ideology and we can all focus together. This is no threat. I said it was my mandated duty to keep this place safe and sound, “he finished. No matter what the truth of the matter, it is not discussed that the Philippines has long had a strong CIA presence within its borders, writes “International Business Times”.
US military bases continue to be in place, despite ever worse relations between Manila and Washington under Dutterte's rule.
