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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered law enforcement "shoot to kill" those who violate the requirements of the strict quarantine for the Covid-19 pandemic.

"I do not doubt. My orders are for the police and the army, if there are problems or a situation arises in which people fight and their lives are in danger, shoot to kill," the president said last night in a televised speech.

"Dead. In exchange for causing trouble, I will send you to the grave, " Duterte threatened the same day that some twenty people from the San Roque neighborhood in Manila protested without permission to the police to demand official help to get out. ahead.

The closure of much of the country, including Manila, and strict quarantine and confinement regulations have prevented millions of people who subsist day by day in the poorest neighborhoods of the capital from finding a way to earn a living.

Duterte accused left-wing civil groups of instigating the protest: "Leftists, you are not the government. Do not go around causing trouble and unrest because I will order your arrest until the outbreak ends."

The president last week obtained "special powers" from Congress to deal with the pandemic in a law that includes the provision of 200,000 million pesos (4,000 million dollars) to distribute among 18 million disadvantaged households in the country, where 16% of the population lives below the poverty line.

However, aid is blocked because the government still produces a "consolidated database" of beneficiaries.

"Just wait for delivery even if it is delayed, it will arrive and you will not starve. You will not starve," Duterte said.

Human rights defenders and civil groups have denounced the president's words on Thursday, which were quickly spread by social networks, where the hashtag #OustDuterte (expel Duterte) has been trending since last night.

"We are seriously alarmed by the president's words, which will translate into worse and more brutal forms of human rights violations, repression and state violence in the coming days," lamented the human rights organization Karapatan.

The student group CEGP indicated that "people cannot be expected to remain silent if their stomachs churn" and warned the government that "they should not cling to fascist and militaristic plans against a nation plagued by hunger and in anger at a regime incompetent".

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