Posted on 05/09/2016 3:24:09 PM PDT by buwaya
Controversial mayor Rodrigo Duterte wins Philippine presidential election following incendiary campaign By South-East Asia correspondent Adam Harvey, wires Updated about an hour ago
Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte speaks at an election campaign rally in Manila PHOTO: Rodrigo Duterte said he would "accept the mandate of the people". (AFP: Mohd Rasfan) RELATED STORY: Controversial Mayor Duterte leads Philippines election vote countRELATED STORY: Philippines presidential candidate jokes about Australian missionary's rape MAP: Philippines Anti-establishment firebrand Rodrigo Duterte has claimed a huge win in the Philippine presidential elections after an incendiary campaign dominated by his profanity-laced vows to kill criminals.
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Rodrigo Duterte's campaign dominated by vow to kill criminals Recently caused uproar by joking he wanted to rape murdered Australian missionary Departing President Benigno Aquino has warned the nation of succumbing to a dictatorship Mr Duterte, the longtime mayor of the southern city of Davao, hypnotised millions with his vows of brutal but quick solutions to the nation's twin plagues of crime and poverty, which many believed had worsened despite strong economic growth in recent years.
And after a record turnout of voters in Monday's elections, Mr Duterte scored a commanding victory, according to data released by the PPCRV, a Catholic Church-run poll monitor accredited by the government to tally the votes.
With nearly 90 per cent of the vote counted early on Tuesday morning, Mr Duterte had an insurmountable lead of 5.92 million votes over his nearest rival, administration candidate Mar Roxas.
"It's with humility, extreme humility, that I accept this, the mandate of the people," Mr Duterte said as the results came in.
The death of the Canadian hit Filipinos hard. They are good people.
Read he is that country’s version of “Donald Trump”.
Reagans’ Thatcher.
Duarte is a thug.
I am not sure that is a bad thing in this case given the overt corruption in the Philippines. Lee Quan Yu in Singapore smiled more but ruled with an iron hand and Singapore is a good place to live. As long as he leaves office when his term is up and doesn’t turn into dictator or I think he has a good chance to really help the country.
He is known as “Duterte Harry” ( a play on Dirty Harry ), AKA “The Punisher”.
People decry his use of Vigilante justice, but he has made Davao ( the Philippine’s third largest city ) one of the safest cities in Asia. No mean feat.
Yeah, he did.
Of course he used death squads to do it.
Mexico should use death squads to deal with their narco problem.
PING!
I don’t question that, but you have to do bad things to bad people to stop them. They quit because you ask nicely.
I don’t disagree.
Good morning from Davao City, Philippines. We are waking to a massive change of the tides of politics here.
Duterte was elected with more votes than any other candidate, with #2 candidate (of 6) being more than 6 million votes behind. Evidently, his tactics are approved by the majority. Before entering into the Davao Mayorship (which is moe than 20 years now), he was a prosecutor. He saw the results of the criminal element on the populace.
Yes, he does (not did) use vigilante justice. It is effective. He goes after the roughest and vilest of them, and leaves it to God to sort it out. Drug dealers are particularly in his sites. But, now he is after bigger fish, and will likely go back to the courts to make his case against the political corruption. The drug dealers are still targets of the vigilantes.
I live here because it is safe. Some have tried to make it a bad place by referring to the Canadian that was beheaded. That was another place and an isolated event. Abu Sayef is into ransom and the killing was only to further the appeal from 20 others from many nationalities that they hold hostage still. Duterte has already made it clear they are in his sights! The Army and Police are already seeking the strongholds, but they keep moving the hostages.
I have concerns about his election, but mainly my concerns are for his safety. Lots of people are after him now, and the political elites here are being exposed.
Our Donald is not a vigilante, but he is surely exposing the dark underbelly of the political elites in America. He is the one hope I have for America's future, at this point. I will send a few bucks his way, and do all I can to support the effort to elect him. He doesn't need the money, but we need him.
Vote Trump!
Thank you for the first hand report WVKayaker!
Having been there ... I can sense the party atmosphere
Most of the ones I talked to, were downright angry about it.
I was responding to the election of Digong
Your are correct sir. Even our domestic helper came in this morning, and told me DU30 won, like I didn't already know it. She was pretty excited about it.
Death Squads get a bad rap.
They are good people, and they love Americans...
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