Philippine Presidential Candidate Reveals The Scum-Baggery Of Many People In High Places

Czar Dancel—ReutersRodrigo Duterte, the seven-term mayor of Davao city who has built a reputation for fighting crime in the insurgency-plagued south, gestures during an interview in Manila, Philippines, Dec. 10, 2015. The presidential hopeful stuck to his guns on April 17, 2016, amid outrage over a remark he made about a murdered rape victim, saying he regretted his "gutter language" but would not apologize for being misinterpreted.

Philippine Presidential Candidate Defends Remarks on Rape: 

‘This Is How Men Talk’

• Charlie Campbell 

Rodrigo Duterte has been widely condemned for saying he 'should have been first' in the 1989 rape and murder of an Australian national

Rodrigo Duterte, the frontrunner in next month’s Philippines presidential election, has refused to apologize for comments he made regarding the rape and murder of an Australian missionary, instead saying: “This is how men talk.”

In 1989, Australian national Jacqueline Hamill was raped and killed during a riot at the prison where she worked in the southern Philippines’ Davao City. Duterte, who has served as mayor of Davao for 22 years, was caught on tape referring to the incident during a campaign speech on Sunday.

“They raped all of the women … There was this Australian lay minister … when they took them out … I saw her face and I thought: ‘Son of a bitch. what a pity … they raped her, they all lined up. I was mad she was raped but she was so beautiful. I thought, the mayor should have been first,” Duterte told the crowd, according to AFP.

Confusingly, Duterte also said the words were “not a joke” but spoken due to his “utter rage” over the incident he described. “I said it in the heat of anger,” he told reporters outside his home Sunday.

Duterte has been widely condemned for the remarks. Fellow presidential candidate Sen. Grace Poe, who has dropped into second place in latest opinion polls, said the comments “reflect his disrespect for women.” Vice-President Jejomar Binay, who is also running for the top job, went so far as to release a statement describing Duterte as a “crazy maniac.”

Duterte, nicknamed “The Punisher” and “Duterte Harry” for his zero-tolerance approach to crime, is credited for turning once-lawless Davao into one of the archipelago nation’s safest cities. He has vowed to replicate this feat nationwide in three to six months if he wins the May 9 ballot, with voters seemingly unconcerned by persistent allegations that “death squads” under his control are responsible for several hundred extrajudicial deaths.

“Duterte has single-handedly promoted the death squad culture that we are seeing now,” says Carlos Conde, Philippines researcher for Human Rights Watch.

Speaking to TIME earlier this month, Duterte denied that women and children had been caught up in his anti-crime dragnet, though he admitted that he had told law enforcement to “be very aggressive” when encountering resistance. “I have not ordered the killing of a woman or a child,” he said. “Even if I want to I cannot do it. But criminals? Sometimes it’s part of my job."

It’s unsure whether the latest uproar will derail Duterte’s presidential ambitions. The 71-year-old has openly boasted of his own philandering,saying he “can’t imagine life without Viagra,” and spoken of “hanging criminals by clotheslines” and dumping so many bodies in Manila Bay that fish would “grow fat.” In November, he even called Pope Francis a “son of a whore” for apparently exacerbating Manila’s already chronic traffic during an official visit. Voters in Asia’s most Catholic nation quickly forgave him, though, and he seemingly turned the controversy to his advantage.

“Duterte has managed to run away with [the election] in terms of social media and the press in general,” says Conde. “You don’t know when he’s being ironic or using hyperbole or pulling your leg.”

Duterte’s abrasive yet populist style has earned comparisons with Republican presidential nomination frontrunner Donald Trump, who has also had to deny accusations of misogyny following controversial comments during campaign events. Duterte shies away from the analogy, though. “It’s one thing to be loudmouth but another to be a bigot.” Duterte told TIME of Trump.

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Charlie CampbellPhilippine presidential-election front-runner, Rodrigo "the Punisher" Duterte, stands at his home in Davao City on April 1, 2016, next to a taxidermied wild boar he shot

The Philippine Election Front-Runner Calls His Daughter a ‘Drama Queen’ for Saying She Was Raped

She, in turn, said she was not offended by her father's comment that he "should have been first" in the 1989 rape of an Australian woman

Rodrigo Duterte, currently leading polls to win next month’s Philippines presidential election, has poured cold water on his daughter’s claims she was raped by describing her as a “drama queen” and telling reporters, “she can’t be raped — she carries a gun.”

On Tuesday, Sara “Inday” Duterte was asked about the outrageous remarks her father made at a campaign rally on Sunday, when he told the crowd he “should have been first” in the 1989 rape of Australian missionary Jacqueline Hamill during a prison riot in Davao City. Hamill was later killed in the riot.

Inday, Duterte’s daughter by his first wife, told local media, “I went through it and I do not feel offended by the rape joke,” adding that she had not reported the attack and did not want to discuss the details.

Duterte has apologized for his remarks about Hamill. “Sometimes my mouth can get the better of me,” he said in a statement. However, he laterlashed out at the Australian ambassador to the Philippines, Amanda Gorely, who tweeted: “Rape and murder should never be joked about or trivialised. Violence against women and girls is unacceptable anytime, anywhere.”

In response, Duterte said, “Stay out. Stay out Australian government. Stay out.” His supporters also flooded the Australian embassy’s Facebook page with abuse.

Duterte, nicknamed “the Punisher” and “Duterte Harry” for his hands-on crime-busting style, is running on a law-and-order ticket after transforming once lawless Davao, where Duterte was mayor for 22 years, into a safe city.

Voters have been swayed by his crude humor and populist charm — he pledges to “eradicate” crime, drugs and corruption within six months — but human-rights groups says his anticrime dragnet, along with alleged use of death squads, has cost hundreds of innocent lives.

It is still unclear whether the rape furor will cost Duterte support: the latestpolls conducted April 5 to 10 — before his shocking rape remarks — had the 71-year-old seven percentage points ahead of his nearest rival, Senator Grace Poe, in the five-way race to lead the 98 million-strong Southeast Asian nation.