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It will be a bloody, dirty fight for Duterte, police and military. He will have to sleep with one eye open for quite a while. He is president now and could start to coast but i believe his love of country and the people are the reasons he is taking on this huge task and putting his life on the line. I wish him all the best and hope his senators support him 100% in what he wants and has to do.

Martial law is not such a bad thing if implemented for the right reasons. lawful people have nothing to worry about, yes some might find a curfew inconvenient but its a small price to pay for eradicating corruption, crime and drugs.
When i was a kid in Montreal martial law was declared during the f.l.q. crisis, but it was life as usual for the average joe.

Right now the criminal element is worried. many have turned themselves in, stabbing each other in the back and killing their own. Perhaps Duterte is smarter than most people give him credit for.

On an interesting side note, The Philippine pension is making large pension adjustments to the retired people, many are surprised to find large unannounced deposit's appear in their bank accounts. My wife's father who has been retired for about 15 years heard the rumor from friends and checked his account a few days ago and found an extra P30,000. The corruption sucks, the poor suffer while politicians and bureaucrats line their pockets. I would bet big that is the fear of Duterte behind this pension adjustment...

Long live Duterte!!!

 

"Eradication"? I highly doubt that."

Yes i agree with you, crime and corruption will always exist in the human race but to a lesser degree would be a good thing.

" This is not Montreal, it's the Philippines and they view corruption very differently"

My point was not to compare two countries views but only to state that martial law has little impact on the average honest man, be he rich or poor.

" Corruption is wide spread and it is not limited to only the wealthy/privileged class, it extends to every social and economic class."

I agree, there are many rich and poor that are not corrupt but how many of the corrupt can claim no finical gain.

"Even if we took a huge leap of faith and said Duterte is as clean as a whistle and is in no way corrupt, there is no way that he will remain that way for long. It is very likely that a good percentage (likely in the majority) of his supporters, especially the wealthier and higher ranking ones, see corruption as a perfectly normal and acceptable way to get ahead in business and government. The spoils of war will be massive and many of his supporters who are actually out there enforcing his policies are going to expect, no...demand a good chunk of those spoils. I suspect that he will give to the most loyal/high ranking/fanatic of his supports.....which would make him nothing more than a Marcos 2.0. If he doesn't go that route then he won't have enough support to accomplish a d*mn thing....making him nothing more than a Pnoy 2.0.

There are much worse things out there than drug dealers. I'm a bit worried that we might start seeing some of them pop up and use Duterte's draconian/violent policies and diarrhea of the mouth as a cover to do some truly horrible things (and those types won't be showing up at doorsteps because a person made a conscious decision that they wanted what was being offered, and then invited them to bring it to their doorstep"

Duterte was voted in by the people who want change that is long overdue. He deserves a chance to prove himself and time will tell the true story...