• 2 days ago
Filipinos in Dubai pick Rodrigo 'Digong' Duterte to be the next president. Filipino supporters of Rodrigo Duterte share why the anti-crime campaigner deserves to be the next president of the Philippines.

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00:00Thousands of Filipinos in Dubai cast their votes at the Philippine Consulate General
00:11in Dubai as the Philippine Overseas Absentee Voting ended on Monday.
00:16Rodrigo Digong Duterte is already poised to score a landslide win in the hotly contested
00:20presidential election with a huge margin in the partial unofficial results.
00:25The mayor of the southern city of Davao has also secured the highest number of votes from
00:29the UAE.
00:30Gulf News checks out why Filipino expats are throwing their support behind the iron-fisted
00:35mayor to become the 16th president of the Philippines.
00:38I voted for him because I think it's about time the Philippines needs change and with
00:45an iron fist it's going to be a great help.
00:49People need discipline so hopefully this is the start of something good.
00:53I just voted for Mayor Duterte because I believe he is the right candidate to make a change
00:59of our country.
01:00I am really hungry for change for the Philippines, that's why I voted for him and I really trust
01:08him that he's going to do a change, a big change, a major change for the Philippines,
01:13for the Filipino people as well.
01:15Two of the Turkish major contenders, Grace Poe and administration vet Mar Rojas, have
01:19already considered defeat.
01:21Irish Eden Belleza for Gulf News.
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