Delivered with menace, no one does it quite like Rodrigo Duterte, elected President Of The Philippines a year ago. Since he came to power, around 7000 people have been killed. Human Rights Groups are aghast that the majority of filipinos seem to like his iron fist. My guest is one of the president s most fierce critics, senator antonio trillanes. Is duterte taking the phillipines and the region in a new direction . Antonio trillanes, in manila, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you very much for inviting me. We speak at a difficult time for your country. In mindanao in the south of the philippines, you have a National Emergency with a town that for weeks has faced a siege because it has been, in essence, taken over byjihadist gunmen. The president says this is a National Emergency and it is time for the country to unify. Do you agree . I agree that what is happening in marawi is a National Crisis and something that we should deal with decisively. But i feel that the armed forc
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