From the FT:
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has cast himself as a strongman who talks straight, busts crime and shrugs off international condemnation of his bloody war on drugs. Now a debate is growing over whether his administration is tilting towards autocracy in the mould of the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Supporters of the 71-year-old president have dismissed claims that he is cracking down on political opponents or planning a Marcos-style power grab. Mr Duterte went further last week, declaring in characteristically blunt fashion that he might not even “be around” until the end of his six-year term, because of ill-health, a coup or assassination.