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What Duterte said on photos of slain drug suspect

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/07/25/20160723-drug-pusher-bhs.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Jennelyn Olaires hugs the dead body of her partner Michael Siaron, 30, a pedicab driver and an alleged drug pusher at LRT EDSA Rotonda in Pasay City, Metro Manila on Saturday. Siaron was killed by unidentified gunmen. <em>Basilio Sepe, ABS-CBN News</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said the photos of a slain drug suspect cradled by his wife are melodramatic.</p><p>&quot;And you are portrayed in a broadsheet na parang Mother Mary cradling the dead cadaver of Jesus Christ. Eh &#x27;yang mga &#x27;yan, magka-dramahan tayo dito,&quot; Duterte said in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA),</p><p>&quot;Ilang beses ko na sinabi, sa Davao, huwag mong gawin, kasi magkakaproblema tayo. He who is the cause of the cause is the cause of them all. Ikaw &#x27;yung nag-umpisa, you swallow,&quot; he also said.</p><p>Duterte also warned drug users and pushers of the consequences of their actions.</p><p>&quot;Kung ayaw niyong mamatay, kung ayaw niyong masaktan, huwag kayong umasa sa mga pari at sa human rights. Hindi nakakapigil &#x27;yan ng kamatayan. So huwag ninyong gawin. Eh tapos nandiyan ka, nakabulagta,&quot; Duterte said.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/07/25/20160723-drug-pusher-bhs-2.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc"><em>Basilio Sepe, ABS-CBN News</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>For Duterte, what the government is doing against drugs is part of its job.</p><p>&quot;Kami, nagtatrabaho lang. We have a nation to guard. We have billions of people to see that they&#x27;re healthy. It&#x27;s a question of drugs, it&#x27;s a question of public interest, public order.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Kita mo, lesser crime. Wala na kasing magnanakaw, wala nang nagholdap,&quot; Duterte added.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/07/25/20160723-drug-pusher-bhs-3.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc"><em>Basilio Sepe, ABS-CBN News</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>Photos of Jennelyn Olaires hugging the dead body of her partner, Michael Siaron, went viral over the weekend. Siaron, a pedicab driver and alleged drug pusher, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen.</p>

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said the photos of a slain drug suspect cradled by his wife are melodramatic.