MANILA: Anti-establishment Philippine politician Rodrigo Duterte's rollicking ride to presidential favoritism has triggered warnings of a coup should he win next week's election, with opponents warning he is a dictator in the making.

The Philippines has endured a tumultuous democracy since millions of people took to the streets to overthrow dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, with a succession of leaders having to quell military unrest and one president ousted in another uprising.

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