The front-runner for the presidency is Rodrigo Duterte, the tough-talking mayor of Davao, the Philippines’ third-largest city. He threatens to dissolve Congress and impose a “revolutionary government” if his reforms meet resistance. “I am a dictator? Yes, it is true.” he said. He also vows that if he is elected he will end crime in six months. “If I fail, kill me,” he said.總統競選領先者是Rodrigo Duterte,說硬話的菲律賓第三大城市長。如果他的改革遇到阻力,他威脅要解散國會,和設立「革命政府」。「偶是獨裁者?是滴,童叟無欺。」他說。他也發誓,如果他當選,他要在六個月後(in)結束罪犯。「如果偶失敗,任大家宰,」他說。
*報導也說,菲律賓這次選舉有5個總統侯選人和6個副總統侯選人(正副獨立競選,不搭擋),但屬於少數家族王朝(像國民黨權貴,李登輝嚴家淦都是鑽空隙出來的)
原文: Why Filipinos Are Voting for a New ‘Dictator’
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/opinion/why-filipinos-are-voting-for-a-new-dictator.html?_r=0