When is a gift to a Filipino cop not bribery? When it’s given with ‘gratitude’, President Duterte says

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been criticised for comments that have been interpreted as his endorsement of police accepting bribes.During a speech at an anniversary event Friday for the Philippine National Police (PNP), Durtete said in Tagalog: “If you are able to solve a crime and the family would like to be generous to you or would nurture a feeling of gratitude for what you accomplish, then by all means, accept it.”He also derided as “nonsense” an anti-corruption law that forbids…