SAYING that corruption was "endemic" in the government, President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday advised his successor to "declare martial law" to end the bureaucratic problem.

In his final State of the Nation Address, Duterte said corruption might be eliminated in the government if martial law was declared and all officials in the bureaucracy with new ones.

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