> Is that not the same thing as Dutertes arrest ? Are these other officials literally paying assassins to kill people on the street extrajudiciously? If not,

> Is that not the same thing as Dutertes arrest ? Are these other officials literally paying assassins to kill people on the street extrajudiciously? If not, any comparison to Duterte is a rather feeble comparison. The context of Duterte's reign is greater than just the words he says in English (Especially since the native tongue of the country is Tagalog). -------- Lets put this in terms of "The Godfather" if you've seen the movie. If you hear "I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse" from a mafia boss, it means something completely different than when a normal person says those words. That's Duterte in a nutshell. The words being spoken and the message it contains are two different things. If Duterte says something in English, its aimed at the international community. Enough Filipinos will hear the message too (English-fluency is pretty common... but its not universal!). Duterte is saying 'I'm doing what I can to cut back on COVID19' internationally, but I wouldn't really pay attention to it from a domestic perspective.