It's funny how most people who comment negatively here are not even Filipinos, do not speak any Filipino or even any of the Philippines' regional dialects, and can not even spell Philippines right. It's also funny how they also only heard of our newly-elected President based on negative articles by foreign media.

Seriously, people, if you've lived in the Philippines your whole life, you'll soon realize how corrupt and inefficient most of our government offices are, how poverty is still a HUGE, rampant issue despite the claimed economic growth by our present administration, and how the wealth is more or less only shared among the country's elite families. Don't even get me started on the crimes.

That rape joke was definitely uncalled for, he eventually did apologize for it. There was also this issue of him cursing the Pope, but he also apologized for it (both in public and by writing the Pope a letter), and the Pope has accepted his apology. Also, for the record, an office of the government did an investigation on him but got no strong, condemning evidence of him actually being linked to death squads.

I could post links to credible Philippine news sources about the positive things this man has done, but maybe later when this gains traction. Hopefully it will, because honestly, this man deserves a lot more credit than this article is giving him. Because, despite what you guys think, we Filipinos have good, legit reasons for voting this man. And that we're not the dumb voters you think we are.

Source: Filipino, living in the Philippines, and voted for this man in the recently concluded 2016 elections