MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang maintained Friday that any investigation of the United Nations (UN) on President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war would be “interference with” Philippine sovereignty. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said this after Iceland called on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to investigate the bloody drug war in the country. Any move that will interfere with the sovereignty of this country, the management of this country by a sitting President elected overwhelmingly by the people, to our mind is an interference with our sovereignty,” Panelo told reporters in Malacañang. He said calls for the UNHRC to probe the Philippines’ drug was already an interference. Data from the Philippine National Police showed that 6, 600 persons were killed since the administration launched its drug war in June 2016.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 05, 2019 10:14 UTC