This week's votes have been counted, and a mayor called "the punisher," who's joked about rape and killing, is now the president-elect of the Philippines. Today, Rodrigo Duterte promised to stamp out "criminality, drugs and corruption" in six months -- using politically loaded language. "I will be a dictator no doubt about it, but only against the forces of evil." Steven Rood, the Asia Foundation's country representative for the Philippines, joins us from Manila.
The "Trump of the Philippines" Wins Its Presidency
Credits
Guest:
Steven Rood - Asia Foundation -
@StevenRoodPH
Host:
Warren Olney
Producers:
Jenny Hamel,
Andrea Brody,
Paul von Zielbauer