DEATH SQUADS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND PRESIDENT DUTERTE

Early day motion 361, tabled 19 July 2016 by Anne McLaughlin (Scottish National Party). Signed by 37 members.

That this House condemns in the strongest terms the extra-judicial killings of drug users in the Philippines; expresses the deepest concern that the killings come as a result of newly inaugurated President, Rodrigo Duterte, telling citizens to form death squads and in his words to go ahead and kill drug addicts; considers that those with addictions deserve support to beat their addictions rather than punishment, and certainly not murder; and calls on the Government to make strong representations to President Duterte and express the alarm at which this development was met by hon. Members.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 30, Labour 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Independent 1.