President Duterte is a hard but fair guy, he understands the corruption that exists in the Philippines, it is so widespread that its impossible to control and eliminate it all but he does his best, I have at first hand witnessed the vote buying that goes on in local and National elections, a vote can be brought for as little as 100 php, yes for little more than a £1, as an example just over a week ago someone i met and spoke with at a funeral little more than 18 months ago had his house broke into robbed and him and his Boarder were both murdered, that is the kind of people Duterte is up against, and they only understand one language, Whilst we in the West find it hard to accept Capital punishment there are a breed of people out there who only accept that kind of thing, Duterte fights violence with violence and people should understand that if they get caught in these kind of acts he will come down hard on them. I know for a fact many foreigners live in the Philippines (especially Americans) with guns in there house, there is a reason that they do this, Covid 19 brings the best and the worst out of people and right now some people are desperate, Duterte said if you think your life is in danger (shoot) those were his words, and lets be honest its what many of us would do if we thought our lives were in danger..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrrXJN3t7XE

In my Opinion it is not an insane Policy its fighting fire with fire if people threaten others in these dangerous situations and times, otherwise you might end up like the two people i mentioned above.. I would have thought you may have learnt a little about the Filipino way of life by now, its hard and can sometimes be dangerous especially for foreigners. I think President Duterte is the perfect man for the job in the Philippines right now, carry on DU30.

Stay safe everyone.. and good health.