With just a few days before President-elect Rodrigo Duterte takes oath as the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines, controversies seems not to evade him. Many is still arguing whether he will be a good president due to his tough leadership and foul talking even in public. Since the campaign, he has always been accused of extrajudicial killings and has always been seen the possibility of being a dictator.
But Duterte denied all of the allegations on his speech last Sunday. Duterte claims that he was never a despot during his 22 years as mayor in Davao City. Amidst the plan to revive the death penalty, and the accusations of extrajudicial killings, he said in his speech in verbatim “Sometimes I can be harsh but I was never a despot to anybody.” He also defended the kind of Administration he established and said “My government is for the helpless, the hopeless and the defenseless. Those are the words of my father. I just borrowed it from him.”
Currently, he promise to fight corruption in the government and said that it will not come from his cabinet. He even said that he will make any Cabinet official quit who will be accused of corrupt activities. He also reminded his appointees to not run for public office after his administration and said “I do not want those here to run because you will just use the public funds and the time, the effort of government just to campaign to win”.
He will officially assume office on Thursday, June 30, 2016. Filipinos are hoping that change is indeed coming in his administration.
Source: ABS-CBN
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