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On May 9, 2016, Duterte won the Philippine presidential election with 39.01% of the votes, defeating
four other candidates, namely Mar Roxas[19] of the Liberal Party (23.4%), Senator Grace Poe (21.6%),
former vice president Jejomar Binay of the United Nationalist Alliance (12.9%), and the late Senator
Miriam Defensor Santiago of the People's Reform Party (3%).[20] During his campaign, he promised to
reduce crime by killing tens of thousands of criminals.[21] His domestic policy has focused on combating
the illegal drug trade by initiating the Philippine Drug War. According to the Philippine National Police
the death total passed 7,000 in January 20