The OCCRP earlier named Mr. Duterte its Person of the Year for 2017, a distinction it confers on an individual who has done the most in the world to advance organized criminal activity and corruption. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said Mr. Duterte had done the opposite, which is to fight crime by moving to eliminate the illegal drug scourge. He pointed out that Mr. Duterte did not spare even those who had been close to him during the campaign. “If I got the gist of the award correctly, it was a wrong award,” he said. OCCRP editor Drew Sullivan had said that Mr. Duterte had made a mockery of the rule of law in the Philippines.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 30, 2017 23:48 UTC