Philippine vote campaign starts amid violence, virus fears | Federal News Network

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

39% : "The military is the guardian of our country and I could call them anytime to see to it that people are protected and election's freely, orderly exercised," said Duterte, who has long been condemned himself for the thousands of killings of mostly petty suspects in his bloody crackdown against illegal drugs.
37% : Local elections have been marred in the past by bloody feuds and accusations of cheating, especially in rural regions with weak law enforcement and a proliferation of unlicensed firearms and private armies.

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