Crime-Busting Philippine Mayor Files Candidacy for President
- Duterte predicts more funerals of drug dealers if elected
- He will replace Dino as candidate for PDP-Laban party
Supporters display tarpaulins of Davao city Mayor Rodrigo Duterte during a rally at Manila's Rizal Park to urge Davao city Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to run for President.
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Rodrigo Duterte, whose hard-line stance on crime as mayor of Davao City has made him a national figure in the Philippines, will seek to run for president in what’s likely to become a five-way race.
Duterte said he would make eliminating illegal drugs a priority of his presidency. He advised “people to put up several funeral parlor businesses” to deal with the drug traffickers that he planned to target, the Philippine Star reported, citing comments he made Thursday upon arriving in Manila.