The shameless and desperate smear tactics of Davao City First District Rep. Paolo Duterte against the New People’s Army (NPA) are nothing but a filthy cover-up for the Duterte family’s heinous crimes. The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) exposes this pathetic attempt to divert public outrage away from the Duterte clan’s bloody legacy—especially that of his father.
“Pulong Duterte’s mouth spews nothing but vile garbage, a foul stench meant to mask the Duterte family’s brutal and bloody history,” Marco Valbuena, CPP’s chief information officer, said.
Paolo Duterte’s shameless and repugnant pretense of “calling out victims of the NPA and drugs” is a sick joke, considering that his father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, is currently facing charges for crimes against humanity for the thousands slaughtered under his so-called “war on drugs.”
Rodrigo Duterte is currently detained in The Hague, Netherlands, to answer before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his crimes. The Duterte family and their cohorts are desperately trying to whitewash his nationwide campaign of extrajudicial killings, human rights violations, and impunity.
“It is not the NPA but Duterte who is the real terrorist — the one who has unleashed unparalleled terror and trauma on millions of Filipinos, both through the drug war and the brutal bombing and occupation of rural communities,” Valbuena added.
Rodrigo Duterte’s fake drug war began in Davao City and was later expanded nationwide. “For nearly four decades, he ruled Davao City with an iron fist,” Valbuena emphasized.
“Pulong Duterte has no moral authority to lecture victims of violence when he himself has been caught abusing and beating someone, as well as exploiting women,” Valbuena said.
The CPP calls on the Filipino people to expose the lies and propaganda of the Dutertes. The Duterte family’s reign is nothing but a reign of terror, oppression, and ruthless abuse of power.