DECLARED MARTIAL LAW IN ONE OF ITS ISLANDS.
THIS IS BECAUSE
THERE IS AND I SUSPECT A
MILITANT GROUP THAT IS CLASHING WITH LOCAL POLICE AND WITH THE
MILITARY IN
THE PHILIPPINES.
LET'S CUT TO A VIDEO OF RODERIGO
TALKING ABOUT THIS INCIDENT AND
WHY HE DECLARED MARTIAL LAW.
>>JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, I HAVE ALWAYS SAID DO NOT FORCE MY HAND
INTO IT BECAUSE IF I START TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW I WILL SOLVE
ALL THE PROBLEMS OF MEN CONNECTED WITH LAW AND ORDER.
AS
PRESIDENT, IF I CANNOT CONFRONT
THEM I WILL RESIGN.
IF I AM INCOMPETENT AND INCAPABLE OF
KEEPING ORDER IN THIS COUNTRY LET ME STEP DOWN AND GIVE THE
JOB TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
>> THIS IS A HARD SITUATION BECAUSE ON ONE HAND IF YOU ARE
NOTICING AND EMERGENCE OF A TERRORIST GROUP, YOU WANT TO DO
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO STOP
IT.
BUT RODERIGO DUTERTE HAS BEEN A CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE
ESPECIALLY HE HAS BEEN IN FAVOR OF VIGILANTE JUSTICE AND
EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AGAINST THOSE WHO EITHER USE OR TRAFFIC
DRUGS.
HE SEEMS VERY AUTHORITARIAN TO BEGIN WITH.
I
UNDERSTAND WANTING TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST A TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION, BUT UNDERSTANDABLY SOME PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE
UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> HE SHOULD STEP DOWN.
THAT IS NOT HOW A STRONG LEADER FIGHTS
ISIS.
HE THINKS THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING IS TO USE VIOLENCE
AND HE HAS NO CARE FOR WHAT IT
AFFECTS OR WHO HE HURTS.
>> HE TRIES TO EXERT A STRONG STANCE.
THIS IS NOT A SMALL
ISLAND, IT IS ONE OF THE LARGER
ISLANDS.
ALSO THE DYNAMIC HE SETS UP. AND THEN ALSO SAYING HE
HAS CONTROL IMPLIES ñ HE RELEASED A STATEMENT WHERE HE
SAID THE GOVERNMENT IS IN FULL CONTROL OF THE SITUATION.
>>APPARENTLY THEY ARE NOT WHICH IS WHY YOU ARE TAKING SOME
DRACONIAN MEASURES IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH THIS.
UNDER MARTIAL
LAW GOVERNMENT TROOPS WILL CARRY OUT SEARCHES ñ THEY ARE ALREADY
IN FAVOR OF THINGS LIKE EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS.
THAT
MEANS YOU SUSPECT SOMEONE, MURDER THEM.
IT IS CAUSE FOR
CONCERN, I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE
ARE WORRIED ABOUT IT.
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO BATTLE TERRORIST
GROUPS.