PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has insisted he was "not a murderer" his critics portray him to be, despite the number of people who have been killed in his war on drugs

In his speech during an awarding ceremony in Malacañang on Wednesday night, Duterte declared anew that he would take full responsibility for all the consequences of his war on drugs.

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