MANILA, Philippines — President Duterte’s supposed confession of molesting the family housemaid when he was young is inconsistent with the government’s efforts to protect overseas Filipino workers, according to the Commission on Human Rights. “The current administration is fully aware of this condition when, in early 2018, the government even prompted a deployment ban in Kuwait following numerous cases of disappearance, death and abuses of Filipino workers. De Guia said statements that appear to tolerate injustices would not lead to a just and humane society. Malacañang said Duterte’s story was a fabrication to highlight the abuse supposedly suffered by the President at the hands of a priest. De Guia earlier said that there is no acceptable spin or excuse to justify Duterte’s statement regarding the maid.

Source: Philippine Star January 04, 2019 21:06 UTC