Posted on 08/12/2016 4:56:28 AM PDT by LadyDoc
Rodrigo Duterte got elected president by promising to use unusual methods that had worked during the 22 years he was the mayor of a southern city.
He was not expected to win because he did not have the support of one of the wealthy parties or wealthy political donors. He was an outsider who promised change, had a convincing track record in local politics and ran a highly effective and inexpensive campaign.
Duterte is very much an outsider and is not from one of the old, rich and corrupt families that have dominated Filipino politics for centuries. He is a lawyer, served as a prosecutor and then mayor and considered quite competent, but very unorthodox and not bothered with bending or breaking laws to do what his constituents want. ...
Since July 1st 513 drug suspects who refused to cooperate (often by using force) have been killed. But over half a million suspects (mostly users and low level pushers) cooperated and that led to the arrest of dozens of senior people (drug gang leaders, corrupt politicians and police commanders) who provided specifics about widespread corruption. Now that is being followed up.
Duterte says he does not condone unjustified killings by the police and all accusations will be investigated. In Davao City that led to very few convictions for “extrajudicial killings” but that was largely because such violence got quick results and many of the drug gangs and corrupt officials fled. That is less likely to happen when these methods are applied on a national scale. The unanswered question is will the resistance of the many corrupt politicians and officials be sufficient to deter Duterte? That will probably be answered by the end of the year.
(Excerpt) Read more at strategypage.com ...
If it were not so, the words of our founders would not have been the blessing that motivated the people to fight for the God Given Liberty we fought for.
What he’s done and is doing, is probably the only way to clean things u once they get so bad. Might be the only way things could be fixed here. Probably never happen though or if it does, it won’t be by the right people. It will be done by Islam if/after they get control.
Sounds like they need a man like him in Mexico.
Agreed. My wife is from Mindanao and didn’t like Duterte before the election, but she likes him now. Thus, on a typical day she uses YouTube to keep up with what Duterte is doing.
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