The Philippine Presidential Office congratulates Maria Ressa, a Philippine journalist who has criticized the Duterte administration's powerful stance, for the Nobel Peace Prize this year, three days after the announcement of the award. However, President Duterte himself did not mention a word in his speech, and there were criticisms from the local media.

The selection committee in Oslo, Norway, announced on the 8th of this month that it has selected two journalists for this year's Nobel Peace Prize: Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia.



Among them, Mr. Lessa, who is the representative of the Internet media, has been harshly criticizing the Duterte administration's aggressive stance such as cracking down on illegal drugs that are willing to kill suspects, so the government's reaction is drawing attention. I did.



Under these circumstances, on the 11th, three days after the announcement of the award, a spokesman for Cheong Wa Dae congratulated him at a regular press conference, saying, "It is a victory for Filipinos."

Meanwhile, President Duterte himself gave a television speech at midnight on the same day, but in the speech that lasted for more than an hour, the president did not mention Mr. Lessa's award.



President Duterte has previously accused Mr. Lessa of "fake news," but some local media have criticized him as "should we share the significance of the award?" increase.