President Rodrigo Duterte (Philippines) gets 91% approval

[turbobloke]

Apparently the approval rating follows his vigilantism directive that drug dealers who resist arrest, creatively speaking, can be killed. A couple of thousand already have, no arrest and no trial. As expected the UN, USA et al are pointing to the concept of justice within the law.

Link said:

Since Duterte, 71, a tough-talking former mayor and prosecutor, took office on June 30, he has waged a brutal campaign against drugs and crime, vowing not to stop “until the last drug lord, the last financier and the last pusher have surrendered or put behind bars. Or below the ground if they so wish.” His words have catalyzed a spike in extrajudicial killings.

http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-philippines-killings-snap-story.html

WTF?!

Edited by turbobloke on Tuesday 23 August 18:56

[turbobloke]

Very! It's not just the police who have been given carte blanche. Civilians are also being invited to engage with drug dealers, as vigilantes. There was a chap interviewed on the news yesterday who has his own rather long list of targets and is working his way through it with impunity.

[turbobloke]

President Duterte is in the news again.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/philippines-paid-abu-sayy...

[turbobloke]

Obama has called off a meeting with President Duterte, apparently after being told via media that Duterte was prepared to repeat what he had said earlier when face-to-face with Obama - though Duterte now regrets the impact of his words, according to his office.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37281821

[turbobloke]

Duterte says FU to EU.

http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-dute...

[turbobloke]

He needs to get down off the fence and say what he thinks.

[turbobloke]

The president must have been in a good mood for such a restrained response.

Nevertheless he appears to know the EU well enough

[turbobloke]

Wow.

[turbobloke]

[turbobloke]

MIKE said:

As a point of note I’ve lived and worked in the Philippines for the last 6 years.

What's your view on the current overall popularity level of the President with nationals?

[turbobloke]

Understandably this latest action has its own thread, and it updates this one.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-pacific-4...

Probably no harm done to his approval rating given who is likely to own such metal.

[turbobloke]

MIKE said:

Old old news...

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/64281...

Thanks for the link, this snip caught my eye:

"an auction would only give the smugglers an opportunity to secure them legally"