The petitions assail the manner by which Duterte entered the presidential race – by substituting for PDP-Laban partymate Martin Diño. “Let’s give him a chance”, she said.
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“What I can promise you is that I will do my very best not just in my waking hours but even in my sleep”.
The election commission was not expected to officially proclaim Duterte as the victor of Monday’s vote for more than a week.
Tired of poverty, poor public services, crime, corruption and insurgencies in the hinterlands, voters in the nation of 100 million people looked for radical change at the top. The outcome delighted supporters in Davao City, where he’s always been mayor.
The US has conveyed its congratulations to the president-elect and the Filipino people.
While the official verdict is yet to come, Rodrigo Duterte, the Mayor of Davao City has emerged as the victor in all the unofficial results. “Because I’ll kill you”. I have no patience for that.
“Rodrigo, I wish you success”. Now, the comparisons to Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump are pouring in.
Duterte describes himself as a “socialist” with a “cold” relationship with America. And that’s where his appeal lie. “We will gladly work with the leader they’ve selected”, State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said.
HARI SREENIVASAN: Today, a Duterte spokesman laid out plans to federalize the government.
KAREN LEMA: He want to devolve functions away from Central Manila to the provinces.
In a separate interview, Pia said Duterte wanted a “gender-balanced” leadership and would try to close the gap in the ratio of Filipino women in the labor force.
Today, China’s Foreign Ministry voiced hope for progress with the new leader.
Communist guerrillas killed three Philippine soldiers in the first fatal clash since a newly-elected president offered to restart stalled peace talks, the military said Sunday.
“Duterte also stirred diplomatic anger when he warned that he was prepared to sever ties with the United States and Australia, two of the Philippines” longest and most important allies.
“He opposes the idea of going to war with China, wants direct negotiation with Beijing about the South China Sea, and doesn’t believe in solving the conflict through an worldwide tribunal”, it said. And so we are allied with America. “Although we are allies with America, we will agree to, say, multilateral participation”.
He said on Tuesday that bilateral ties have suffered great difficulties “due to reasons known to all”, referring to the Philippines’ continuous challenging of China’s sovereignty in the South China Sea in recent years, including its filing of the arbitration case.
In 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines, and ruled unchallenged for years.
A lawyer, he became vice-mayor of Davao in 1986 and mayor in 1988.
Mr Aquino is standing down as the constitution limits presidents to one six-year term.
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Mr Roxas had 23.16 per cent of the vote, and second runner up Senator Grace Poe had 21.71 per cent. She also conceded to Mr Duterte at around midnight on 10 May, congratulating the mayor.
