Duterte: Country benefited even if EJK accusations are true

The Filipino people benefited from the killings in his war on drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday night.

During his weekly talk to the people, Duterte repeated his rant against human rights advocates and their criticisms against his administration's deadly anti-drug campaign.

"Palagay na natin na totoo 'yan sinabi ng human rights, p— ina sinong nakinabang diyan? Ako? Ako ang nakinabang? Pamilya ko? Nakinabang sila diyan sa p— inang diyan sa mga patay na 'yan?" Duterte said.

"Sino nakinabang? Kayo! Ang anak ninyo! Ang bayan natin ang nakinabang!" he added.

The president added that he even put his and his family's lives at risk for the sake of the public.

"Sinong nalagay sa alanganin? Ako, ang pamilya ko, 'yong buhay nila. Gaganti 'yang mga yawa na 'yan," Duterte said.

"Ako pa ang namomroblema ngayon. P—  ina ako pa. Ang nakinabang kayong mga Pilipino sa totoo lang," he added.

Human rights groups have condemned the alleged extrajudicial killings in connection with Duterte's war on drugs.

The Human Rights Watch and other organizations have urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to launch an independent probe into the drug war killings in the Philippines.

Further, several US senators have urged the administration of US President Joe Biden to address the alleged pattern of human rights violations by the Philippine government under Duterte.

Duterte told the US State Department to be careful.

"Itong state department. Be careful, be careful of what you are planning on doing there because you, yourself, your country— hindi lang was, is—is guilty of so many violations of human rights," Duterte said. —NB, GMA News