http://eyeforaneye.vice.com/editorial/the-punisherhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/08/philippines-poised-to-elect-tough-talking-punisher-rodrigo-duter/He brags about his Viagra-fuelled womanising, revels in the nickname “the Punisher” and has run a foul-mouthed election campaign, vowing to kill 100,000 criminals and feed their bodies to the fish.
Yet 71-year-old Rodrigo Duterte, whose own aides have encouraged comparisons with Donald Trump, is the shock frontrunner to be elected president of the Philippines and its 100 million people on Monday.
Victory for the volatile Mr Duterte, who is currently a provincial mayor, will shoot him to centre stage in one of the world's most dangerous flashpoints – the showdown with Beijing over vast tracts of the South China Sea.
In a typical flourish of campaign bravado, the boss of Davao City has vowed to challenge China’s maritime advances by jet-skiing to a disputed island to plant the Philippine flag.
