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He was an executioner
When it comes to former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, his evaluation is polarized, some people say that he is an executioner, because when he was mayor, he was known for forcefully enforcing the law to kill people, and even he publicly admitted that killing was a characteristic of his own campaign when he was running for president; Some people also say that he is a generation of heroes, because he is politically tough, does things resolutely, and dares to say and do, and is known as the Putin of the Philippines, so how did such a contradictory person become president, and what kind of story did he encounter on the road? Today, let's talk about Duterte's legendary presidential path.
Duterte's upbringing
Duterte was born in the Philippines in March 1945. His father is a well-known local lawyer and his mother is a teacher, but he is very enthusiastic about social activities and is also a descendant of Chinese Filipino descent. It is said that in Duterte's upbringing, his mother had a great influence on him, after all, his father was busy with work, and education was handed over to his mother. Duterte's mother, who helped many vulnerable groups such as out-of-school youth, women, children and the disabled in schooling, often helped them, and continued to love the local people for decades. But at the same time, his mother is a Catholic and has no mercy on the education of his children, whenever Duterte makes a mistake, his mother will severely punish him, and even whip, from here Duterte should become a knowledgeable person under his mother's education, but in fact, Duterte was hot-tempered and aggressive when he was young, just like a street gangster, what is going on?
The troubled teenager turned into a ruthless person
It turned out that because his father had a better career, in order to protect the safety of the family, he specially hired some bodyguards, and these bodyguards also liked Duterte when he was a child, and the little one mixed with them all year round, and naturally developed a fierce personality, of course, this has little to do with Duterte's subsequent experience, but an incident that happened later completely changed him, making Duterte from a troubled teenager to a ruthless person.
This is based on Duterte's recollections, when he was 14 years old and attending a church school, when an American priest at the school was unusually good to him, and he himself found it strange, and by the time he realized it, he had already been molested by the priest. Duterte immediately told others about himself at that time, he originally felt that he should be understood and sympathized, but found that others did not care at all, did not care about what happened to him, and even thought that the priest had done nothing wrong, and naturally would not be punished, this matter caused Duterte very much confusion, and even had a psychological shadow, from which day on, he decided that he must rely on himself to protect himself, and the best way is to fight violence with violence.
Shoot and kill in passion
In order to take revenge on the priest, he would take advantage of the priest's mowing lawn, shoot with a slingshot and small stones, or splash ink on the priest from behind, but this little trick was recognized by the priest, and there were many ways to deal with it, so the priest was more respected, until the priest died later, his various evil deeds were exposed, and people learned that he really molested children many times.
Duterte, who learned to fight violence with violence, but was not understood, was even more uncomfortable, he vented his anger by causing trouble, often mixed with bad teenagers, and learned some violent methods from bodyguards, which eventually contributed to his first killing.
He was 16 years old that day, drunk that day, several boys bumped into each other, looked at each other, and the other party mocked Duterte as a hillbilly, drunk Duterte was angry, shot and killed in passion, in which case Duterte was expelled from school, and he could not afford to kneel at home for this. The grieving parents felt that they could not supervise such a naughty child and had to find someone else to educate him, so they found the former mayor of the local area, Nonito, to manage him. Nonito also believes in fighting violence with violence, believing that only under the stick can we educate good people and solve problems with our fists, so although Duterte was controlled, his behavior gradually took shape under the stick, which also laid the foundation for his future use of violence to punish evil for good.
Step into politics and show your strength
After graduating from high school, Duterte was admitted to the law school of Laisim University, where he met his mentor Jose, a party leader in the Philippines, who has a soft personality, ideals, and a clear concept of right and wrong.
In 1968, Duterte graduated from the law department of Lessim University and was about to step into the political arena when the bad news of his father's death, and his father's death was related to the betrayal of political allies, so Duterte began to deliberately get involved in politics, in 1972, Duterte was admitted to the lawyer's license, and thus entered the Davao City Prosecutor's Office as a legal adviser, in the days of Davao City, Duterte while enthusiastic about public welfare, often help the needy people, and for the criminal personnel is resolutely resisted, Sending them to prison one by one, civilians became increasingly vocal about Duterte, and he was soon promoted to local prosecutor. At this time, his well-known mother also paved the political way for Duterte, and in 1986 he was designated mayor of Davao by then-Philippine President Benigno Aquino, who then ruled Davao City for more than 20 years.
At this time, Davao City has a high crime rate, various cases are frequent, and the most troublesome problem is drug trafficking, so Duterte has formulated a curfew policy for young people, while enforcing smoking and alcohol ban, and cracking down on drug activities. At the same time, he founded an organization called the DaWo Death Group, which terrified criminals because they could be directly executed extrajudicially when faced with drug dealers, rapists, and robbers, which means that they could kill people without any judicial or legal process. At that time, Duterte often rode motorcycles and rifles at night and patrolled the streets with his group. According to statistics, during the decades that he ruled Davao City, 1,424 criminals were killed without trial.
Duterte became the Grim Reaper
For a time, Duterte almost became synonymous with death, criminals fled, the original chaotic Davao City is not poor, but revitalized, Duterte also won the support of the common people, re-elected seven terms of Davao City mayor. With such achievements, Duterte naturally has a new ambition, that is, to run for president, because he not only wants to change Davao City, but also wants to change the entire Philippines, so in 2016 he participated in the presidential election, and won the election with a high percentage of votes, becoming the new president of the Philippines without suspense.
After becoming president, Duterte did not live up to the expectations of the people, for crime, he mainly controlled the drug problem, he implemented the strictest measures, swept up all suspicious drug caches, allowed the police to kill drug dealers on the spot once they were found, and did so to get bonuses for police officers, in the process, the number of mayor-level officials killed related to drug dealers reached 17, under such measures, drug dealers turned themselves in, strict anti-drug measures, did not let Duterte's support rate decline. Instead, it soared all the way to 92%, which was much more than people expected. At that time, US President Barack Obama thought that his anti-drug measures were problematic and raised objections, and as a result, Duterte went into a rage on the spot, causing Obama to lose face, and the White House specifically canceled the meeting between the two heads of state.
At the same time, Duterte has vigorously developed the Philippines' tourism and emerging industries, and during his four years in power, the GDP growth rate of the Philippines has remained above 6% for a long time, and the people's living standards have improved significantly. Moreover, unlike previous presidents, in foreign policy, he supports China and implements an independent foreign policy, so many people think that he is the world's famous iron-fisted president.
From Duterte's life experience, we can see that the external environment changed the young Duterte, knowledge and politics eventually contributed to his iron-blooded road, of course, Duterte is still a controversial figure, the polarization of his comments is serious, some people worship to death, then there are also people hate the itchy teeth, but this is the reality, well, today's program is here, we'll see you in the next issue.