Where is Duterte Leading the Philippines?

“You destroy my country, I’ll kill you,” Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte warned in a recent exclusive interview with Al Jazeera. His warning was directed at the drug dealers and users that he believes are tearing the Philippines apart. This is the sort of outspoken, uncompromising language we have come to expect from the new president who has just completed his first one hundred days in office. Yet despite the stern rhetoric, many questions remain as to where he is leading the country.

Duterte at Home

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