Posters and podiums: Duterte waving to his supporters at the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas Bayan meeting in Manila after endorsing the political party’s senatorial candidates. (Left) A man pausing to look at election posters along a Manila street. — AFP/AP
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he hasn’t lost an election in his three-decade political career.
He’s hoping his candidates for the midterm vote today will continue that winning streak as voters assess his three years in office.Even with slowing economic growth and controversial policies, including a deadly drug war, the firebrand leader is poised for a majority win in both houses of Congress.
