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MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte made it to an international magazine’s list of men and women who “make the world turn.”
Duterte ranked 70th in Forbes magazine’s 74 Most Powerful People of 2016.
In coming up with the list, Forbes identified one person out of every 100 million whose actions mean by measuring their power along four dimensions:
* whether the candidates have power over lots of people
* the financial resources they control
* the extent of their influence across multiple spheres
* whether they actively used their power
Forbes cited the 71-year-old President’s war on drugs.
“The former mayor of Davao City was elected president of the Philippines in May 2016 on the strength of a campaign that promised the swift execution of drug users and other criminals, and his war on crime has resulted in the killing of thousands of people.
“In October, Duterte announced a separation from a century-long alliance with the United States, and has plans to realign the Philippines with China.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom Duterte considers his “idol,” was hailed the most powerful person for the fourth consecutive year.
Trailing Putin were:
* US President-elect Donald Trump
* German chancellor Angela Merkel
* Chinese President Xi Jinping
* Pope Francis
* American economist Janet Yellen
* Bill Gates, the world’s richest man
* Larry Page, CEO of Alphabet, the recently created parent of Google
* Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi
* Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg
Aside from Duterte, 11 other new candidates made it to the 2016 list, among them United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger, US vice president-elect Mike Pence, and Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson.
Reacting to the Forbes power list, Malacañang said Duterte has practiced “utmost responsibility to promote the well-being of the people” in using the immense powers vested in him by the Constitution.
The President led an antinarcotics crackdown that saw the surrender of 800,000 addicts, pursued an independent foreign policy, and forged closer ties with Asian neighbors, Communication secretary Martin Andanar said.
Duterte will continue using his office to promote the interest of the country, Andanar said. (ABS-CBN News)
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