Duterte proclaimed as Philippines president-elect

(30 May 2016) The Philippine Congress on Monday proclaimed crime-busting Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as president-elect and Leni Robredo as vice president-elect of the Southeast Asian country.
Duterte did not attend the ceremony at the House of Representatives, telling reporters earlier he shuns such ceremonial proclamations, while Robredo appeared on stage with her three daughters for the brief ceremony.
Monday's proclamation cements the stunning political rise of Duterte, 71, who won on an audacious promise to eradicate crime and corruption within six months as president.
The pledge resonated among many crime-weary Filipinos, although police officials have said it is impossible to accomplish, noting that crime continues to hound Davao city, where the president-elect has served as mayor on and off for more than 22 years.
Human rights groups have expressed alarm over Duterte, who they suspect instigated extrajudicial killings of many crime suspects by motorcycle-riding gunmen dubbed the Davao death squads.
Robredo, 52, is a former rights lawyer who helped defend the rural poor in her home province of Camarines Sur southeast of Manila.
A year after her husband, a popular reformist politician, died in a plane crash in 2012, she was reluctantly thrust into politics with a successful run for a seat in the House of Representatives.
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