The Death-Squad President

“Since taking power in Manila, Duterte has made international headlines for all the wrong reasons” Emily Rauhala of the Washington Post reports. “His call to ‘kill all’ the country’s criminals has unleashed an extraordinary wave of violence, with police fatally shooting more than a thousand suspects and plainclothes assassins dumping an even greater number of bodies on the streets.”

No-nonsense authoritarianism is the new black in politics. Scary stuff!