Rodrigo Duterte has dominated politics within the Philippines since changing into president 5 years in the past, with an antidrug campaign blamed for 1000’s of extrajudicial killings and a strain marketing campaign towards opposition leaders and the information media.
Now, with mere months left in his six-year time period, his opponents concern he’s laying the groundwork to remain in energy for years to return.

Mr. Duterte introduced this week that he meant to run for the vice presidency within the elections subsequent Might. Critics say it’s a blatant try by Mr. Duterte, 76, to save lots of himself from his “political sins” as he confronts doable prosecution by the Worldwide Felony Courtroom. An I.C.C. report final 12 months mentioned there was adequate proof to point out that crimes towards humanity had been dedicated in Mr. Duterte’s bloody drug struggle, which has left 1000’s useless.

However Mr. Duterte says he nonetheless has unfinished enterprise, mainly the drug struggle and his combat towards the nation’s Communist insurgency.