(CNN) Rodrigo Duterte, Philippines' presumptive president, has said he wants to bring back the death penalty, and empower security forces to "shoot to kill" anyone that resists arrest.
The controversial figure whose tough-on-crime stance brought him a landslide win last week in national elections, reiterated his views on capital punishment Sunday at a press conference saying "if there is no fear in the law or attached to the law...it's useless."
"What I would do is urge Congress to restore the death penalty by hanging, especially if you use drugs," he said according to CNN Philippines.
The country abolished capital punishment in 2006.
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"If you resist arrest...you offer a violent resistance, my order to the police or the military is to shoot to kill," he added.
The 71-year-old has a long track record of incendiary -- sometimes outlandish -- claims.
Philippine voters head to the polls
A street in suburban Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is covered in campaign posters. Polls opened nationwide on Monday, May 9, 2016.
Filipino voters check the voters' list as they queue up to cast their choice for the presidential elections in Davao City in southern Philippines on May 9, 2016.
Crowds gather in front of a polling station on May 9, 2016. Millions of voters are expected to troop to polling precincts all over the country to elect the successor to President Benigno Aquino III.
People fill out ballots on Monday, May 9, 2016. The front-running presidential candidate is the foul-mouthed, crime-busting mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
Eighty-year-old Dioleta Esteban is assisted as she votes at a polling center in suburban San Juan, east of Manila, Philippines on Monday, May 9, 2016.
Esteban shows the indelible ink on her finger after casting her vote.
Boys distribute election leaflets outside a polling precinct in Davao City on May 9, 2016.
Voters had to bear the stifling heat and long lines at some polling stations.
Presidential candidate Grace Poe votes at a polling center in San Juan, east of Manila, on May 9, 2016.
Presidential candidate and current Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay (right) inserts his ballot into the vote counting machine inside a polling center at the San Antonio National High School in Makati, Philippines on May 9, 2016.
Workers check computers at the command center of the church-backed election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) in Manila, Philippines on the eve of election day, Sunday, May 8, 2016.
An election worker carries official ballots as they are distributed to polling centers in the suburban Quezon City, north of Manila on May 8, 2016.
People search for their names and their polling precincts on May 8, 2016.
Last week, he promised to step down if he failed to fulfill his promise to stamp out corruption in six months -- a feat experts say is impossible.
While on the campaign trail, he said he would execute 100,000 criminals and dump them into Manila Bay, and has suggested killing people as mayor of Davao.
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Although official election results have yet to be announced, with 38.6% of the vote, Duterte's winning margin is indisputable.
Who will be Duterte's deputy, however, is not so clear.
Vice-presidential candidate Leni Robredo has the lead with more than 90% of votes tallied, but on Sunday, Bongbong Marcos, son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos who was narrowly behind Robredo claimed he'd won, and alleged irregularities in the count.
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