"Duterte berates Canada's Trudeau at end of Philippines summit
MANILA: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte attacked Canada's Justin Trudeau at the end of a summit of Asian and Western nations for raising questions about his war on drugs, a topic skirted by other leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump.
At the traditional news conference by the host nation at the end of the summit on Tuesday, Duterte was asked how he had responded to the Canadian prime minister raising the issue of human rights and extra-judicial killings in his anti-drugs drive.
"I said I will not explain. It is a personal and official insult," the Philippines president said in the course of a rambling answer, although he did not refer to Trudeau by name.
"I only answer to the Filipino. I will not answer to any other bullshit, especially foreigners. Lay off."
Earlier in the day, Trudeau told a news conference that during his meeting with Duterte "the president was receptive to my comments and it was throughout a very cordial and positive exchange".
Human rights activists had been hoping that leaders at the summit, including Trump, would raise the issue of the thousands of users and small-time pushers killed in the campaign that was launched by Duterte after he took office in mid-2016."
Trudeau is consistent in asking the question. Duterte is consistent in his reply to such question. So, everyone respect each other, the my can agree to disagree.
Majority of he Canadians preferred a soft approach while the majority of the Philippine people picked the hard approach. That is the deciding factor as the voters put these 2 into power as government heads!!
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