Malacañang on Wednesday maintained that President Rodrigo Duterte respects human rights after a United Nations (UN) commissioner criticized the Chief Executive for his supposed lack of understanding of human rights institutions.

In a statement, Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said Duterte “knows the limits of the power and authority of the presidency.”

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