{"id":142683,"date":"2017-12-28T23:02:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T04:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=142683"},"modified":"2025-01-14T19:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T00:24:10","slug":"duterte-snatches-occrps-person-of-the-year-for-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/28\/duterte-snatches-occrps-person-of-the-year-for-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte snatches OCCRP\u2019s Person of the Year for 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Photo by ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.via PCOO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The President has earned a title for this year due to his locally and internationally known campaign to eradicate illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), a non-profit organization and investigative reporting platform that has recognized individuals who influenced the advancement of \u201corganized criminal activity and corruption\u201d for six years, dropped President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s name as its Person of the Year for 2017 on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuterte has made a mockery of rule of law in his country,\u201d Drew Sullivan, OCCRP Editor and one of the nine judges for selection said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile he is not your typical corrupt leader, he has empowered corruption in an innovative way. His death squads have allegedly focused on criminals but, in fact, are less discriminating. He has empowered a bully-run system of survival of the fiercest. In the end, the Philippines are more corrupt, more cruel, less democratic,\u201d Sullivan further said.<\/p>\n

OCCRP cited Duterte\u2019s words from a press conference in late September last year, in which he was quoted as saying, \u201c[Adolf] Hitler massacred three million Jews. There are three million drug addicts. I\u2019d be happy to slaughter them. At least, if Germany had Hitler, the Philippines would have you know,\u201d then pointed at himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhilippine officials put the real number of drug user at 1.8 million, but Duterte has overseen the killing of more than 7,000 and possibly as many as 12,000. The statistics are hard to pin down because Duterte\u2019s National Police suppress all critical reports. And police are spared from any accountability or legal consequences for a campaign that has left bodies in the streets,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

The Philippine President beat out two African leaders namely, South African President Jacob Zuma, and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.<\/p>\n

This was not the first time for Duterte\u2019s name to appear in OCCRP\u2019s nominees, as he was a runner-up to Nicolas Maduro, who was the Person of the Year last year.<\/p>\n

OCCRP is an organization found in 2006 that describes itself as an organization that does not belong to any country, political philosophy or set of beliefs, but is committed to helping the people understand how organized crime and corruption resides in their countries and governments.<\/p>\n

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The judges for this year are as follows:<\/p>\n