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MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday that the police and military must be accredited after the Philippines was recognized as one of the safest countries in the world.
Duterte was reacting to a report by Washington-based analytics firm Gallup that ranked the Philippines as the 12th safest country out of 144 countries surveyed in 2019. It was tied with Australia, New Zealand, Poland and Serbia.
Duterte admitted that he was “surprised” that the country was grouped with countries that are “ideally peaceful.” However, the president said uniformed personnel should receive credit for recognition.
“I read it briefly and was very surprised. We are in the top 50 and we are grouped with countries that are ideally peaceful, ”Duterte said.
“If this is a recent Gallup poll, it just shows that … well, we have to give credit to the police, the military and the rest of the uniformed government personnel who are striving to make this country at least very peaceful. ”, He added.
Gallup’s 2020 World Law and Order Report is based on responses from nearly 175,000 adults in 144 countries and areas in 2019.
The firm said that “the higher the score, the greater the proportion of the population that reports feeling safe.”
Duterte won the presidency in 2016 with a campaign against crime and drugs. However, his leadership was clouded with accusations of human rights violations due to his brutal war on drugs that has killed thousands of drug suspects.
JPV
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