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Updated May 9, 2024 at 11:40 a.m. On this day in 2016, the controversial Rodrigo Duterte was elected as the 16th President of the Philippines. What was Duterte’s presidential campaign platform? Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign platform for the presidency was centered around the fight against corruption, crime, and drugs. Most controversially, he urged citizens to shoot […]
Beyond the Filippino leader’s inciting vigilante killings of drug dealers, Colombian leaders who have long battled the narcotics trade might study his other ideas.
A tough-talking mayor leads the polls in the Philippines, which will elect a new president in May. Rodrigo Duterte’s message is simple: stop crime and corruption. But some question his methods.