Philippine President Duterte labelled ‘serial killer’ and ‘psychopath’ as drug crackdown death toll exceeds 3600

Actress Agot Isidro has sparked a national debate on the state of Mr Duterte’s mental health after urging the 71-year-old to seek psychiatric treatment in a Facebook post that has been shared nearly 11,000 times and received more than 28,000 “likes”.

“I know a psychiatrist. Get yourself checked. You’re not bipolar, You’re a psychopath,” Ms Isidro wrote after a week which saw Mr Duterte call Barack Obama the “son of a whore”, embrace comparisons to Hilter and dare the world to withdraw foreign aid “crumbs” allocated to his nation.

“No one’s trying to fight you. As a matter of fact, you’re the one who’s picking a fight,” she continued.

“The country where you are elected as President by 16 million out of 100+ million is Third World. You talk as if the Philippines is a superpower. Excuse me, we don’t want to go hungry. If you want, you do it yourself. Leave us out of it. So many people have nothing to eat, and yet you’ll starve us even further.”

Ms Isidro’s reference to bipolar disorder stemmed from a May press conference in which Mr Duterte jokingly told reporters not to believe his “preposterous statements” because he was bipolar.

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