PHILIPPINE leader Rodrigo Duterte has told Barack Obama to
"go to hell" and said if the US refused to sell weapons to his
country he would buy them from Russia or China.
Relations between the two countries have been strained since
Mr Duterte's election in May.
He called Mr Obama a "son of a b****" last month
and warned him not to question his policy of extrajudicial killings which has
seen around 2,400 people killed by death squads deployed in a war on drugs.
The firebrand politician has now threatened a foreign policy
shake-up, accused the US of "failing the Philippines" and insisted:
"I will break up with America".Rodrigo Duterte likens himself to HITLER and vows to kill drug
addicts
He raged: "Although it may sound s*** to you, it is my
sacred duty to keep the integrity of this republic and the people healthy.
"If you don't want to sell arms, I'll go to Russia. I
sent the generals to Russia and Russia said 'do not worry, we have everything
you need, we'll give it to you'.
"And as for China, they said 'just come over and sign
and everything will be delivered'."
Mr Duterte said he would be reviewing a two-year-old
US-Philippines Enhanced Defence Co-operation Agreement which gives US troops
some access to Philippines bases and allows them to set up storage facilities
for maritime security and humanitarian and disaster response operations.
He said Washington should have supported the Philippines
over its drugs problems but instead chose to criticise it for the high death
toll, as did the European Union.
He said: "Instead of helping us, the first to hit was
the State Department. So you can go to hell, Mr Obama, you can go to hell.
"EU, better choose purgatory. Hell is full already. Why
should I be afraid of you?"
He later said he was feeling emotional because the US had
not been a friend of the Philippines since May.
He said: "They just reprimand another president in
front of the international community.
-Express
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