Presidential candidate Rodrigo Digong Duterte (C) listens as Senatorial candidates Dionisio Santiago (R) and Sandra Cam talk to him during election campaigning in Malabon, Metro Manila in the Philippines April 27, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
MANILA: Philippine presidential favourite Rodrigo Duterte has brushed off controversies over an alleged secret fortune and a rape joke to keep a huge lead going into the final days of the election campaign, a pollster said.
Duterte has faced a barrage of last-minute attacks ahead of Monday’s election over allegations he hid millions of dollars in undisclosed bank accounts, while his critics have repeatedly warned he is a dictator in the making.
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