Philippine president-elect Duterte vows to kill criminals
Source: Agence France-Presse
Philippine president-elect Duterte vows to kill criminals
Ayee Macaraig
May 15, 2016
Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte vowed Sunday to reintroduce capital punishment and give security forces "shoot-to-kill" orders in a devastating war on crime.
In his first press conference since winning the May 9 elections in a landslide, the tough-talking mayor of southern Davao city warned his campaign threats to kill were not rhetoric.
"What I will do is urge Congress to restore (the) death penalty by hanging," Duterte, 71, told a press conference in Davao.
He also said he would give security forces "shoot-to-kill" orders against organised criminals or those who violently resisted arrest.
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cloudbase
(5,532 posts)He'll have to kill every politician and civil servant.
The PI is one of the more corrupt places I've had the pleasure to visit.
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Bernardo de La Paz
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(20,030 posts)everybody who gives up crime and doesn't want to starve to death?