You think that we are a bunch of morons here

http://www.atimes.com/article/duterte-renews-row-rights-eu/

In a statement, the seven-member delegation, representing the left-leaning Party of European Socialists (PES), expressed that they were “extremely alarmed at the mounting number of killings under President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against illegal drugs.”

They also warned the Duterte administration that “if the human rights standards are not upheld, there must be consequences in the Philippines”, including the imposition of sanctions and withdrawal of the country’s preferential trade agreements.

Eager to avoid a diplomatic crisis with the Filipino leader, the EU immediately distanced itself from the PES delegation statement. The Brussels-based body clarified that the visiting parliamentarians were not part of a “European Union mission”, and “do not represent the position of the European Union.”

prckov wrote:In a statement, the seven-member delegation, representing the left-leaning Party of European Socialists (PES), expressed that they were “extremely alarmed at the mounting number of killings under President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against illegal drugs.”

They also warned the Duterte administration that “if the human rights standards are not upheld, there must be consequences in the Philippines”, including the imposition of sanctions and withdrawal of the country’s preferential trade agreements.

Eager to avoid a diplomatic crisis with the Filipino leader, the EU immediately distanced itself from the PES delegation statement. The Brussels-based body clarified that the visiting parliamentarians were not part of a “European Union mission”, and “do not represent the position of the European Union.”

They warned the Duterte administration that “if the human rights standards are not upheld, there must be consequences in the Philippines”,
-Konstantin Woinof
-Giacomo Filibeck
-Emilia Toyra
-Thomas O. Melia
-Arne Leitz
-Conny Reuter
-Ben Maxfield

“You think that we are a bunch of morons here,”

The tough-talking president warned that he can “have the diplomatic channel cut tomorrow,” telling European ambassadors to leave “my country in 24 hours. All. All of you.”