Before he became president, their government was filled with corrupt officials. During his presidential campaign, Duterte said that he would remove all of the corrupt members if he became president and would wage his aggressive war on drugs which will be taking place all over the country.
So with that, of course over 90% of the citizens there would provide him with overwhelming support.
And it seems like his system is definitely producing results. During just two months of his presidency, the crime rate has been reduced by 13% which is in turn making his country safer.
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That Crime rate statistic is tricky, because just reading the article it states the murders have increased substantially everyday. So yeah, drug crime rates have decreased, but murder rates have prospered.
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That's because people are being murdered to lower the crime rate.