MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday said that to a certain extent, military troops are implementing President Rodrigo Duterte’s “shoot-to-kill” order against armed communist rebels.
Speaking during the Laging Handa briefing, Lorenzana explained that the order is only being implemented on communist rebels who are actively fighting the government.
“In a way, yes,” Lorenzana said when asked if soldiers are implementing the “shoot-to-kill” order of Duterte.”‘Yung kanyang utos na ‘shoot-to-kill ay ‘yung mga ayaw bumaba at lumalaban pa rin sa gobyerno.”
(His ‘shoot-to-kill’ order is for those communist rebels who are going against the government.)
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