Duterte: PH not dumping ground of foreign garbage
Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 09:35:57 +0000
PRESIDENT Duterte interacts with guests during the 2019 Eid’l Fitr celebration at the Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center in Davao City. (Presidential photo)
President Duterte reminded other countries Thursday that the Philippines is not a dumping ground of their garbage and said that they should have this basic respect to sovereign nations.
Duterte, speaking in Davao City a week after Canada retrieved the garbage that a private firm shipped to the Philippines six years ago, reiterated that he was not joking when he threatened to declare war if the North American country will not take back their trash.
The President also said that the decision to ship garbage to other countries all boils down to respect.
“It’s a matter of respect. Kung gawain mo lang akong basurahan dito, p***** i**,” he said. “Akala nila nagbibiro ako. Sabi ko sa kanila, isauli ko ‘yan ‘pag hindi tayo nagkaintindihan, I will declare war,” he added.
Duterte said that he would have ordered the Philippine Navy to take the trash back to Canada if no one made a move to make it happen.
“Kasi kung walang barko, magkarga ng basura, ang Navy ang tawagin ko, Philippine Navy, as Filipinos insulted we will…Karga mo ‘yang basurahan, pumunta tayo ng Canada, ihulog mo diyan sa pantalan nila,” he said.
“And then, of course, the navy and the police will start to arrest my Navy men. Baka magbarilan pa. ‘Di kung magbarilan, o ‘di mag-giyera tayo. Hindi naman ako papayag nang ganun lang,” he added. (Argyll Geducos)