He criticized Australian government for ‘human rights’ violations.
It turned out that it was President Duterte himself who ordered the arrest and detention of Australian nun for what he considered ‘disorderly conduct.’ He admitted that he ordered the Bureau of Immigration to investigate Sister Patricia Fox which led to her temporary detention.
Duterte categorically made this admission during his speech at the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.
“It was not the military who arrested the Catholic nun from Australia,” the President said. “It was upon my orders implemented by the Bureau of Immigration. And I take full responsibility, legal or otherwise, for this incident.”
On April 16 agents from the Bureau of Immigrations arrested Fox, a missionary nun at her home in Quezon City. She was brought to the Immigration headquarters in Manila.
Du30 said he would not allow foreigners to criticize him.
The chief executive said he could only take criticisms from Filipinos but would not allow foreigners to attack him. “Look, I’m addressing the Filipino nation,” he said. “I can swallow, I can take all attacks from the Lumads, to the highest religious orders of all sorts, from my brother Moro, from the military, from everybody.”
As a politician, he said he had been “enduring attacks” but said he would not let any foreigner insult him.
“Pero kung insultuhin ako, and in the cloak of being just a Catholic priest, and you are a foreigner, who are you?” he said. He said meddling by foreigners in domestic affairs of the Philippines would be “a violation of sovereignty.”
Right to deport ‘undesirable aliens’
Only the “good” people should be allowed entry to the Philippines, he said. “Do not insult my country. Because you come here and go. We never did that to Australia. We never did that to European country,” he added.
“The Philippine law provides that I can deport you or refuse you entry if you are an undesirable alien,” he said.
The President slammed Fox for criticizing the Philippine government but failed to look at her own country.
“Ikaw, madre, why don’t you criticize your own government? The way you handled the refugees, hungry and dying, and you turn them back to the open sea,” he said.
He said Australia has worse human rights violations compared to the Philippines.
“Your god is not my god. Remember that. Stick to your own religion and try to correct the abuses within your organization. To address homosexuality and malpractices and adulterous priests.” he said.