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Philippines' Duterte appoints drug war critic as 'drugs tsar'

Philippine Vice-President Leni Robredo waves to her supporters after filing a motion for reconsideration requesting the justices of the Supreme Court to reverse its earlier decision on the ballot shading threshold, at the Supreme Court in Padre Faura, Metro Manila, Philippines April 19, 2018. [Photo: Reuters]

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed his main political rival, Leni Robredo, his “drugs tsar”, after the opposition leader expressed alarm about the death toll in an anti-narcotics campaign and said it needed a fresh approach.

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