While Bono said that he would want to focus on the positive aspects of the initiative, he said that he was not planning to meet with Duterte. “President Duterte is very popular, he doesn’t need me on his side, and as it happens I have a very deep conviction about journalism,” Bono said. And so the safety of journalists is very important, and I think a democracy requires a free press. Bono said he had been a member of rights group Amnesty International all his life. “I take it very seriously, and I think human rights are critical,” Bono said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 10, 2019 10:41 UTC