Argumentation and Debate, Unethical Speaker (assignment)

Duterte: I killed someone at 16, what more now that I'm

president?
By CNN Philippines Staff
Updated 15:13 PM PHT Fri, November 10, 2017

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 10) - President Rodrigo Duterte claimed he has
killed someone when he was a teenager, as he threatened those involved in illegal drugs.

If he can kill a person when he was just 16 years old, there would probably be little to deter him
now that he was president, he said.

"At the age of 16, may pinatay na ako eh. Tao talaga. Rumble. Saksak. Noon 16 years old
'yun. Nagkatinginan lang. Eh lalo na ngayon Presidente ako," Duterte said Thursday in a
speech in Da Nang to the Filipino community.

[Translation: At the age of 16, I have already killed someone. A person. It was a rumble. I
stabbed him. We just looked at each other. What more now that I'm President.]**

Drugs users perpetuate crimes while they're high on illegal substances, said the President.

Duterte also warned those who commit crimes against Filipinos.

"You f*** with my countrymen, hindi kita palulusutin. Bahala na kayong human rights.
Ang akin is the larger issue of -- Mabuti na nga ito pinatay na't wala na silang problema,"
he said.
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[Translation: If you mess with my countrymen, I will not let it go. Who cares about human
rights? My issue is, at least we've killed them so we lessen our problem.]

"Papatayin talaga kita. 'Yan ang totoo. Let it be announced to the world," he said.

[Translation: I will really kill you. That is the truth. Let it be announced to the world.]*

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque came to Duterte's defense of Duterte.

"I think it was in jest. The President uses colorful language when with Pinoys overseas," he said
on Friday.

This is not the first time Duterte admitted to resorting to violence. In April, Duterte, who
admitted he was a "bully," said he shot a San Beda valedictorian.

Since his campaign for the presidency until he assumed office in July 2016, Duterte has been
known for his brash and controversial remarks against critics of his drug war. Despite the flak
over such statements and the drug war, the President's popularity and Filipinos' satisfaction with
his leadership remain high.

His war against drugs in the country has earned criticism from human rights advocates over
alleged extrajudicial killings arising from the campaign.

Over 3,900 drug suspects were killed in police operations since the start of the bloody drug war
in July 2016, according to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Local and
international human rights groups, however, pegged the number of drug-related killings at around
13,000.

Source: http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/11/10/Duterte-kill.html
Ethical Principles violated:
*Due process- are commitments to a just and fair process respecting the legal rights that are
owed to a person.
**The Principle of Nonmaleficence -is the belief that one should not harm others. It is linked to
the Latin phrase, ‘primumnon nocere,’ which means, ‘first do no harm.’