Philippines ‘Drug War’ Top Cop Elected to Senate

Expand Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, right, jokes to photographers as he holds a rifle presented to him by former Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, left, at the turnover-of-command ceremony at the Camp Crame in Quezon city northeast of Manila, April 19, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File Many pundits have interpreted the recently concluded midterm elections in the Philippines as an endorsement of President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs.” Duterte’s favored candidates dominated the Senate, House, and local elections, prompting foreign…

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