President Rodrigo Duterte is still sore at Canada for refusing to sell helicopters to the Philippines if these would be used for combat operations against Filipinos.
In a speech on Tuesday evening, Mr. Duterte said Canadians were 鈥渧ery stupid鈥� for making such a stipulation on the planned $233-million purchase of Bell helicopters, especially when the Philippines was trying to keep Islamic State (IS) sympathizers at bay.
Mr. Duterte said Canada agreed to sell the helicopters but told the Philippines that it could not use these 鈥渁gainst your own citizens.鈥�
鈥淢y God, you Canadians, how stupid can you get? Our citizens are joining the [IS], so we have every right to kill our citizens because we do not want to destroy the community with apathy,鈥� he said.
鈥淎nd these idiots said, 鈥榶ou cannot use it against your citizens.鈥� Because you are not encountering the same problem there,鈥� he said.
The Philippines was being treated like 鈥済arbage,鈥� Mr. Duterte said.
鈥淭he entire community of the world should know that there is a Republic of the Philippines which you cannot just fucking shit. Do not do it to us because I will insult you. Anyway who are you?鈥� he said. 鈥擫eila B. Salaverria