Duterte confirms he will run for vice presidency in Philippines

Rodrigo Duterte (Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division/AP)

Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte has confirmed he will run for vice president in a move critics say is an attempt to get around constitutional limits to presidential terms.

The 76-year-old president is notorious for his crackdown on illegal drugs that has killed thousands of mostly petty suspects, as well as his often vulgar rhetoric.