Duterte new Philippines president

AFP, MANILA: Authoritarian firebrand Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in as the Philippines’ president on Thursday, after promising a ruthless and deeply controversial war on crime would be the main focus of his six-year term.
Defying convention, Duterte took his oath before a small audience inside the Malacanang presidential palace, instead of at a big public rally like previous Filipino leaders.
“No leader however strong can succeed at anything of national importance and significance unless he has the support and cooperation of the people he is tasked to lead,” Duterte said after being sworn in.
His anti-crime programme includes plans to reintroduce the death penalty, issuing shoot-to-kill orders to the security services and offering them bounties for the bodies of drug dealers. He has also told ordinary Filipinos to kill suspected criminals.

 

Duterte new Philippines president

AFP, MANILA: Authoritarian firebrand Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in as the Philippines president on Thursday, after promising a ruthless and deeply controversial war on crime would be the main focus of his six-year term. Defying convention, Duterte took his oath before a small audience inside the Malacanang presidential palace, instead of at a big public rally like previous Filipino leaders. No leader however strong can succeed at anything of national importance and significance unless he has the support and cooperation of the people he is tasked to lead, Duterte said after being sworn in. His anti-crime programme includes plans to reintroduce the death penalty, issuing shoot-to-kill orders to the security services and offering them bounties for the bodies of drug dealers. He has also told ordinary Filipinos to kill suspected criminals.