During his inauguration, the newly seated president, who has been known for his tough talk and rhetoric, pledged to tackle crime, corruption and drug use.

“The flight will be relentless, and it will be sustained,” said the former Davao City Mayor.

One of the major strides ordered by the new President to the heads of the government agencies and departments is to cut red tape as well as to increase transparency. He also vowed to act promptly on the peace process with Muslim and communist rebel groups in the country’s troubled southern portion.

Apparently, Duterte’s tough rhetoric and words had brought him landslide vote which earned him victory.

Duterte has been the Mayor at Davao City for seven terms. In fact, he had been wildly known for cleaning up Davao’s drug and crime crisis. However, his tactics in governing has earned him nicknames as “The Punisher” and “Duterte Harry”, also he had been known for having his own so-called Death Squads, which was widely criticized by several civil rights group. Rumors have it that Duterte was allegedly responsible for more than 1,000 extrajudicial killings through his “death squad”.

Ironically, despite his previous notable remarks during his election campaign that he would execute 100,000 more criminals nationwide and then dump their remains in Manila Bay, he was still elected by the people.

In his speech, Duterte assured that his being a lawyer and a former prosecutor, he is quite familiar with his limits of power and authority as President. He further guaranteed that he knows what is legal and what is not. Thus, his adherence to due process and the rule of law will be uncompromising.

While others acknowledged Duterte’s comments, others expressed their cautious acceptance.

Duterte – the country’s 16th President will take the country’s highest position in the palace for six years.

So far, in his first week, President Duterte has already appointed several of his cabinet members who were said to be experienced economic advisers.