Sever ties with Iceland.
Former Ilocos Norte governor
and now elected senator Imee Marcos said
the country should sever ties with the Nordic nation- Iceland for spearheading
a United Nations resolution compelling an international review of the alleged
extra judicial killings under the President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s declaration
of war on illegal drugs.
Marcos, said the cutting of
relations with Iceland would “send a strong statement that other countries
should not impose their values on us.”
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| Senator Imee Marcos (photo credit to owner) |
“We are an independent country enforcing its
own drug laws to eradicate its own war against the pernicious drug trade,” the
senator said in a statement.
“How can these countries point
a finger at the Philippines when many of them have legalized abortion and have
ignored the right to life of unborn children?” Senator Imee added
When it was put into a
vote the result was 18-14 with 15
abstentions, the UN human rights council narrowly approved Thursday a two-page resolution
tabled by Iceland.
Foreign Affairs Secretary
Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the resolution does not represent the will of the
council, “much less that of the developing countries who are always the target
of such resolutions.”
"The Philippines rejects this resolution,"
Locsin said, adding a warning that there will be “consequences, far-reaching
ones.”
"We will not accept a politically partisan and one-sided
resolution, so detached from the truth on the ground,” he continued.
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