Maverick mayor Duterte named president-elect of Philippines
Rodrigo Duterte, the bombastic mayor of the southern city of Davao City, was heralded yesterday as president-elect of the Philippines at the end of an incendiary campaign that projected him alternatively as an emancipator and a looming dictator.
In a statement, outgoing president Benigno Aquino III’s spokesman said: “Our people have spoken and their verdict is accepted and respected.
“The path of good governance … is already established as all presidential candidates spoke out against corruption.”
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