Rodrigo Duterte Controversy: Philippine President Who Eats Himself With Adolf Hitler

Rodrigo Duterte, who served as President of the Philippines from 2016-2022. (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - There are no two effects of drugs and illegal drugs. The younger generation who were previously considered the nation's successors could become people's trash. There is no beautiful future in their lives. Rodrigo Duterte thought the same way.

The president of the Philippines from the 2016-2022 era also tried to move to break the chain of drug trafficking in the Philippines. He chose the most extreme methods: massacres. Efforts to violate gross human rights were considered a solution. He was even proud to equate himself with Adolf Hitler.

The circulation of drugs -- methamphetamine to marijuana -- is so widespread in the Philippines. Illegal business is the most promising. Dealers and addicts continue to grow. This condition provoked Rodrigo Duterte to take a stand. The Philippine president has seen for himself the growth of large drug addicts in the Philippines.

Drugs are considered to be able to turn good people into evil. In fact, they are considered a big threat if allowed. Duterte also took a stand. He tried to be large against drug trafficking.

He doesn't just want to break the chain of drug trafficking. He also wants to eradicate drug dealers and addicts. Major war operations against drugs began in 2016. Duterte allowed security forces to shoot dead drug dealers and addicts.

Duterte's operation has turned the whole of the Philippines into a massacre. Every day a drug dealer was caught shot dead like a wild animal. The smell of blood is present throughout the Philippines in front of shops, streets, and fast food restaurants.

Those killed are usually closed with cardboard bearing names and positions as dealers or addicts. Those who were killed were not only marginals. Many of the officials, employees, and security forces were detected as part of the destruction of society.

Some protect drug trafficking operations. There are also those who act as business people who provide capital. Duterte killed them indiscriminately. Even though there were thousands of people who had not been confirmed the cause of his murder.

Duterte's actions have come under fire from the international community. Duterte is considered to have committed serious human rights violations. However, Duterte continued to carry out his massacre operations. He considered himself to know more about the Philippines' problems than anyone else.

The war against crime is not a war against humanity. On the other hand, it is a war to protect humanity from modern-time crimes. Saying otherwise means weakening the legitimate desire of society to be free from fear and obey the interests of criminals," said Duterte Spokesman bankize Abella as quoted by Felipe Villamor and Mike Ives on The New York Times website entitled Duterte May Be Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity, Rights Group Says (2017).

Duterte considers his actions of fighting drug dealers and addicts to be the right thing to do. He doesn't care about the scolding of the people who criticized him. He considers the problem of drugs in the Philippines complex and requires acts of violence to protect many humans in the future.

He is like giving a signal to critics and the world that he likes to slaughter for the future of the Philippines. Duterte even likened himself to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler at the end of September 2016. Duterte revealed that Germany had Adolf Hitler, so the Philippines had itself.

Hitler is considered to have slaughtered three million Jews (the existing data mentions 6 million people). Duterte also said drug addicts in the Philippines could reach three million as well. This fact made them even more enthusiastic with the joy of slaughtering them.

Duterte's statement that equated himself with Hitler was opposed by many parties. It is not good to compare the holocaust atrocities with slaughtering the people themselves for drugs. The world's Jews also condemned Duterte.

His statement was considered disgusting and inhumane. The leader of the Philippines is considered insane. Because, there is no normal person in the world who wants to compare himself to the killings of millions of Hitler-like Jews. They asked Duterte to apologize immediately.

Duterte immediately responded. He did apologize. However, he had his own answer why comparing himself to Hitler. He considered that his enemies often likened Duterte to Hitler. So Duterte didn't mind. Instead, he used this statement as resistance to drug dealers.

"I want to clarify now, here and now, that there has never been any intention of demeaning the memory of the murder of six million Jews. The reference for me is, I am like Hitler, who killed many people."

"I apologize in depth and seriously to the Jewish community ... It was never my intention (to offend the Jews), but the problem I was criticized, I am compared to Hitler," said Rodrigo Duterte as quoted on the detik.com page, November 3, 2016.