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Rodrigo Duterte shows no concern for the rule of law
The deadly bomb that ripped through the home town of president Rodrigo Duterte late on Friday, is the first violent challenge to his "shock and awe" style rule
Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Lindsay is a former correspondent based in Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.
The deadly bomb that ripped through the home town of president Rodrigo Duterte late on Friday, is the first violent challenge to his "shock and awe" style rule
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has declared "a state of lawlessness" after a bomb ripped through a popular night market in his home southern city of Davao, killing 14 people and wounding 67 others.
President's aggressive statements encouraging extra-judicial killing could be used as evidence to prosecute him, human rights advocates said.
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