--- description: Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte urged citizens to shoot and kill drug dealers who resist arrest title: Philippine President-Elect Urges Citizens to Shoot and Kill Drug Dealers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9594a465f7e1174/6988966f5f570fb894b2134f/rodrigo-duterte.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Philippine President-Elect Urges Citizens to Shoot and Kill Drug Dealers  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 5, 2016 6:25 PM CUT  Philippines' President-elect Rodrigo Duterte gives a press conference in Davao City on June 2, 2016. Philippines' President-elect Rodrigo Duterte gives a press conference in Davao City on June 2, 2016.AFP/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 5, 2016 6:25 PM CUT Philippine President-elect [Rodrigo Duterte](http://time.com/4338283/rodrigo-duterte-pope-francis-apology-son-of-a-whore/ "undefined") on Saturday [urged citizens to shoot and kill drug dealers](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rodrigo-duterte-president-elect-philippines-citizens-shoot-bad-guys/ "undefined") who resist arrest, saying he’d reward those who take matters into their own hands. The newly-elected leader encouraged residents to help in the government’s fight against crime and the illegal drug trade during a nationally-televised speech, CBS News reports. “Please feel free to call us, the police, or do it yourself if you have the gun—you have my support,” said Duterte, 71. “You can kill him,” he said of drug dealers who show violent resistance. “Shoot him and I’ll give you a medal.” Duterte won the presidential election last month. He has [previously](http://time.com/4336637/philippines-rodrigo-duterte-death-penalty-crime/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") said he intends to bring back capital punishment and may give police shoot-to-kill powers. \[[_CBS_](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rodrigo-duterte-president-elect-philippines-citizens-shoot-bad-guys/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4357763/rodrigo-duterte-reward-kill-drug-dealers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4357763/rodrigo-duterte-reward-kill-drug-dealers/"},"headline":"Philippine President-Elect Urges Citizens to Shoot and Kill Drug Dealers","datePublished":"2016-06-05T18:25:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:44:15.205Z","description":"\"Shoot him and I'll give you a medal\"","url":"https://time.com/4357763/rodrigo-duterte-reward-kill-drug-dealers/","keywords":["Philippines"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9594a465f7e1174/6988966f5f570fb894b2134f/rodrigo-duterte.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9594a465f7e1174/6988966f5f570fb894b2134f/rodrigo-duterte.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"PHILIPPINES-POLITICS-VOTE-MEDIA-CRIME","caption":"Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte gives a press conference in Davao City on June 2, 2016.","creditText":"AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4357763/rodrigo-duterte-reward-kill-drug-dealers/","name":"Philippine President-Elect Urges Citizens to Shoot and Kill Drug Dealers"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Philippine President-Elect Urges Citizens to Shoot and Kill Drug Dealers","description":"Philippines' president-elect told citizens to shoot and kill drug dealers.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/45tramfL/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-06-05T21:07:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/45tramfL.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4357763/rodrigo-duterte-reward-kill-drug-dealers/","duration":"PT44S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4357763/rodrigo-duterte-reward-kill-drug-dealers/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```