<P> Before the 2010 election, Arroyo's party nominated Gilberto Teodoro for president; however, some quarters suggested that Arroyo was secretly supporting Manny Villar, who was the frontrunner . However, former president Aquino died, and her son, Benigno Aquino III, overtook Villar in the polls . Estrada overtook Villar in the polls, but still lost to Aquino . Aquino embarked on anti-corruption drive, saw the economy grew and maintain high popularity . However, with natural calamities, and scams on the use of pork barrel and other discretionary funds coming into light, the Aquino administration had to contend with rising opposition . </P> <P> In 2016, Aquino's handpicked successor, Mar Roxas, grandson of Manuel Roxas, was decisively defeated by Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte in the 2016 Presidential Election . Duterte then implemented a massive War on Drugs, ostensibly to crack down on the proliferation of illegal drugs throughout the country, but resulting instead in the deaths of more than 12,000 poor Filipinos without any due process . (As of July 2017) Duterte's policies face increasing criticism from international bodies such as the United Nations, the European Union, and various international governments, although the administration maintains significant domestic support through a massive machinery of online' trolls' that has been criticized as "Marcosian ." </P>

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