MANILA, Philippines — “I will end my term fighting,” President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday as he opened his fourth State of the Nation Address (Sona) at the House of Representatives. For it is not the eagle in the fight, but the fight in the eagle that matters,” he said. “Believe me, I will end my term fighting,” he added. That’s the reason why I advocate the imposition of the death penalty for crimes related to illegal drugs,” he said. “The drugs,” he said, “will not be crushed unless we continue to eliminate corruption that allows the social monster to survive.”/acRead NextLATEST STORIESMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 22, 2019 09:29 UTC