Duterte: I only protect lives of law-abiding citizens

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said that he was only after preserving the lives of law-abiding citizens and would kill those who would prevent him from fulfilling his mandate.

"I have talked to priests, they asked me, how am I supposed to protect the Filipino people when there are a lot of them dying? I said, I have to preserve the Filipino. I did not say I will preserve all the Filipinos, including those who want to destroy the Filipino young and the Filipino law-abiding citizens," Duterte said in a speech during the 116th commemoration of the Balangiga, Eastern Samar encounter between Filipino and American soldiers.