This photo taken on May 15, 2016 shows Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte gesturing as he talks with military and police officials during an informal meeting at a hotel in Davao City, in the southern island of Mindanao. Business titans, turncoat politicians, celebrities and rebel leaders are descending on the long-neglected far southern Philippines, hoping to gain favour with the nation's shock new powerbroker. The remote and dusty city of Davao has suddenly become the country's new seat of power after hometown hero Rodrigo Duterte won last week's presidential election in a landslide. / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE / TO GO WITH AFP STORY PHILIPPINES-POLITICS-DUTERTE-DAVAO BY AYEE MACARAIG
MANILA: A plan by Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte to restore the death penalty faces strong opposition, including from the dominant Roman Catholic Church, officials and analysts said Tuesday.
The tough-talking politician vowed Monday to introduce executions by hanging after he takes office on June 30 as part of a ruthless law-and-order crackdown that would also include ordering military snipers to kill suspected criminals.
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