MANILA: Rodrigo Duterte (pic) snubbed his proclamation by Congress as the next Philippine president, reinforcing his image as a maverick outsider intent on challenging the nation’s political establishment.
A joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate here endorsed the official count of this month’s election, which saw the trash-talking politician who revels in threats to kill criminals win by more than six million votes.
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