MANILA, July 31 (Reuters) - When the image of Jennelyn Olaires weeping as she cradled the body of her slain husband went viral in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte called it melodramatic. There's not much Duterte hasn't said when it comes to his war on drugs, his only real election platform and his big promise to the 16 million Filipinos who swept him to power in May by a massive margin. And "the punisher", as he is known, has been true to his word. [caption id="attachment_209448" align="aligncenter" width="728"] Jennelyn Olaires, 26, looks at the body of her partner Michael Siaron during his wake in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Czar Dancel[/caption] [caption id="attachment_209449" align="aligncenter" width="728"] Jennelyn Olaires, 26, uses her mobile phone as she sits beside the coffin of her partner Michael Siaron in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Czar Dancel[/caption] [caption id="attachment_209450" align="aligncenter" width="728"] Jennelyn Olaires, 26, talks to her friends during the wake of her partner Michael Siaron in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Czar Dancel[/caption] [caption id="attachment_209451" align="aligncenter" width="728"] People attend the wake of Michael Siaron in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Czar Dancel[/caption] [caption id="attachment_209452" align="aligncenter" width="728"] Jennelyn Olaires, 26, (R) sleeps on chairs at the wake of her partner Michael Siaron in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Czar Dancel[/caption] Hundreds of suspected drug dealers have been killed since Duterte took office just one month ago. Six were assassinated in a single night in Manila, among them Michael Siaron, Olaires's 29-year-old husband who was shot dead by unknown assailants on motorcycles. "A friend called out that Michael was shot. I ran out to see him," Olaires, 26, said in a rundown part of the capital's Pasay area, with its ubiquitous slums, squatters and thieves. "Thoughts were running in my mind. It can't be you. You don't deserve this. There are others who deserve this more than you," she said, recalling the moment she discovered his body.