Terrible Sexist 'Joke' : Filipino presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte has made a joke about the rape and murder of an Australian woman in the country in 1989

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 …seriously?How is this even a joke and how come his supporters figure this to be a minor blimp? Duterte has no business being on the Philippines presidential ballot

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 Front-running Filipino presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte has made a joke about the rape and murder of an Australian woman in the country in 1989. Dutere, 71, made a joke in reference to the brutal gang rape and murder of missionary Jacqueline Hamill at a Davao City jail according to a translation by Rappler.  ‘When the bodies were brought out, they were wrapped. I looked at her face, son of a b***h, she looks like a beautiful American actress. Son of a b***h, what a waste,’ Duterte said.

Front-running Filipino presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte has made a joke about the rape and murder of an Australian woman in the country in 1989

The joke was filmed and later released online where it gained both support and criticism

‘What came to mind was, they raped her, they lined up. I was angry because she was raped, that’s one thing. But she was so beautiful, the mayor should have been first.’
‘All the women were raped so during the first assault.’


The speech was caught on video and has copped widespread criticism and support in the country and around the world.
The crowd can be heard laughing at the joke made in reference to the rape and murder of the Australian woman in 1989. The politician, who was mayor at the time of the attack in the city, claims to have stopped the siege.

Philippines presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte has infuriated rivals and women with his rape joke.

His whole political campaign has been based around his call to end violence in the country. The politician’s rivals have said the joke shows Duterte’s ‘lack of fitness for the presidency’ and his ‘utter lack of respect for women’ the ABC reports.
Vice President Jejomar Binay said Duterte is ‘a crazy maniac who doesn’t respect women and doesn’t deserve to be president.’
His whole political campaign has been based around his call to end violence in the country.
A female missionary who worked alongside Ms Hamill in the Philippines has spoken out against the joke on social media.
‘Jacqueline’s death affected me deeply personally, as I had been visiting just about every jail in Manila with the ACTION/CGM teams from 1986-89,’ Robin Haines Merrill said in her post.  ‘I couldn’t yet speak the language but I could play the flute and just show love to people in horrible situations.

The joke caused Robin Haines Merril, a missionary who was working in the country at the time of the rape and murder to take to Facebook ‘LOVE TRUMPS HATE. DON’T STOP LOVING. DON’T VOTE FOR PEOPLE who speak vile things against WOMEN!!’

Duterte’s words did have supporters.
‘We won’t apologise for he has done nothing wrong, it was a clear joke for God’s sake,’ one Filipina supporter said on social media.

The speech was caught on video and has copped widespread criticism and support in the country and around the world

Transcript of speech

All the women were raped so during the first assault, because they retreated, the bodies they used as a cover, one of them was the corpse of the Australian woman lay minister. Tsk, this is a problem. When the bodies were brought out, they were wrapped. I looked at her face, son of a bitch, she looks like a beautiful American actress. Son of a bitch, what a waste. What came to mind was, they raped her, they lined up. I was angry because she was raped, that’s one thing. But she was so beautiful, the mayor should have been first. What a waste. – Translated by Rappler.com

Courtesy:  ABC 

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