ANTONIO P. CONTRERAS

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has said that it is perfectly all right for police officers to accept unsolicited gifts from people as a token of appreciation for the performance of their duties. And once again, the President appears to have instructed government officials to disregard the law, and his loyal followers come to his defense by saying that he is just being practical. Others have even gone further by appealing to a nativist line that it is in our culture to give gifts.

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