Monday, July 25, 2016

Duterte hits media for portraying slain drug suspect like Jesus Christ: You are over-dramatizing

President lashed out at media, accused them of overdramatizing the anti-drug drive He said major dailies portrayed a slain drug suspect to look like Jesus Christ in a viral photo He reiterated that those who died have only themselves to blame MANILA, Philippines – “Magda-dramahan tayo dito.” With those words, President Rodrigo Duterte lashed back at the media and accused them of overdramatizing the ongoing campaign against illegal drugs. During his State of the Nation Address (SONA), the president—commenting on the viral photo showing slain drug suspect Michael Siaron being cradled by his partner Jennelyn Olaires—said the media purposely took it from an angle that would make look like Michelangelo’s famous sculpture La Pieta. “Eh tapos nandiyan ka nakabulagta and you are portrayed in a broadsheet na parang Mother Mary cradling the dead cadaver of Jesus Christ. Eh yan yang mga yan magda-dramahan tayo dito,” the Philippine Daily Inquirer quoted him as saying. [He was lying there and you (sic) are portrayed in a broadsheet like Mother Mary cradling the dead cadaver of Jesus Christ. In cases like that we (sic) are doing a drama.] Olaires, a pedicab driver and suspected drug pusher, was killed by unidentified gunmen in Pasay City [...]

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