The Philippine vice president, a staunch critic of President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs, has been nominated by an opposition coalition as their candidate in the May 2022 presidential race.
Leni Robredo has been serving as Duterte’s vice president since he was sworn into office in 2016, but she is considered an opposition figure and has labelled Duterte’s war on drugs – a bloody crackdown that left thousands of people dead – as a “failure”.
Presidents and vice presidents are elected separately in the Philippines, frequently resulting in candidates from rival parties like Duterte and Robredo working together in office and often disagreeing on policies.
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Duterte’s deadly war on drugs is now a subject of an investigation by the International Criminal Court.
Robredo had said the drug war violated the human rights of many suspects, and was focused on the “small-time pushers and users”, while not addressing the supply side of the illegal drugs trade and not going after the big-time suppliers.
