Duterte: THE PUNISHER tops TIME100 2017 most influential person poll.
- Apr 24, 2017
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The Philippine leader, nicknamed ‘The Punisher' who had carried out a lethal ant i-drug campaign since coming to power in June, has become notorious for his controversial statements about world leaders and the church, among others.
After consistently leading the survey, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has been voted by TIME readers as the magazine’s most influential person of 2017. Duterte was leading the poll for much of the voting, which closed Sunday night and won the 2017 TIME100 poll which asked readers who should be included on this year's TIME 100 — an annual list of the world's most influential people.
Duterte received 5 percent of the TIME 100 reader poll vote, with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Pope Francis, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg each receiving 3 percent of the vote.
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