Blood and benefits: Duterte imposes his hometown formula on the Philippines
BROTHERS IN ARMS: Mayor Rodrigo Duterte inspects the assault rifle of police officer Ronald Dela Rosa (far left) in a village in the Davao area in 1997. After becoming president earlier this year, Duterte made Dela Rosa national police chief. REUTERS/Renato Lumawag
The president has brought the iron-fist approach he used to rule Davao to the capital Manila. While residents of the turbulent southern city sing his praises, his critics fear his violent drug crackdown threatens the nation's freedoms.
DAVAO – Rodrigo Duterte has kept his word.
“Forget the laws on human rights,” he declared in May at his final presidential campaign rally in Manila. “If I make it to the presidential palace, I will do just as I did as mayor. You drug pushers, hold-up men and do-nothings, you better go out. Because, I’d kill you.”
“Forget the laws on human rights,” he declared in May at his final presidential campaign rally in Manila. “If I make it to the presidential palace, I will do just as I did as mayor. You drug pushers, hold-up men and do-nothings, you better go out. Because, I’d kill you.”
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