Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 3) — President Rodrigo Duterte said there are enemies you cannot kill because you need them, just like the appointment of Nur Misuari as the ambassador to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
“Look at Misuari, he staged a rebellion… but where is Misuari now? He is ambassador to the OIC. Oil producing nation,” Duterte said during his speech in Zamboanga City Friday night.
“May mga kalaban ka na hindi mo pwedeng patayin kasi gamitin mo pa (There are enemies you cannot kill because you will still use them). You need him,” he added.
In December 2019, Duterte appointed the Moro National Liberation Front founder as the country’s Special Economic Envoy on Islamic Affairs to the OIC, which is assigned in helping in the peace agreement between the government and rebels.
The president noted that most of the leaders of the organization are friends of Misuari thus he believes that there is no other Moro personality that could be in the said group.
He said this in line with the death of four soldiers in Jolo, which also involved the Philippine National Police.
Duterte said that both authorities need each other and should help each other in ensuring safety in the country.
