The
violence that surrounds the drug trade in the Philippines is at an all time
high, and the recently elected President has had enough according to the AP…
The
Philippine president-elect has encouraged the public to help him in his war
against crime, urging citizens with guns to shoot and kill drug dealers who resist
arrest and fight back in their neighborhoods.
In a
nationally televised speech late Saturday, Rodrigo Duterte told a huge crowd in
the southern city of Davao that Filipinos who help him battle crime will be
rewarded.
“Please
feel free to call us, the police, or do it yourself if you have the gun — you
have my support,” Duterte said, warning of an extensive illegal drug trade that
involves even the country’s police.
