MANILA, Philippines — Indonesia President Joko Widodo also complained about alleged interference by the United States and the European Union with his country’s internal issues, President Rodrigo Duterte claimed Wednesday. Duterte then claimed that Widodo had gripes over the alleged efforts of the US and the EU to intervene with the policies of other nations. “And for example, President Widodo, what is his main complaint when we talked to each other? "They would call you from time to time and insist that we do away with the death penalty in the statutes," he added. Duterte pushes for death penalty anewThe Philippine leader defended anew his support for the revival of death penalty, a policy that he thinks will serve as a retribution to criminals.

Source: Philippine Star July 12, 2017 11:26 UTC