Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte declared on Thursday in a televised speech that an unnamed candidate for next year's presidential election was a cocaine user. Dozens of people have registered to run for president in next year's polls. "We have a candidate using cocaine," Duterte said in a speech in the province of Oriental Mindoro. I am just asking," said Duterte, who will run for a seat in the senate next year. "He is a very weak leader," the outspoken Duterte said of the unnamed candidate.

Source: The Standard November 19, 2021 07:36 UTC