As the 16th President of the Philippines gives way to his successor on June 30, is he turning over a nation much better than he found it? READ:
In 2016, in the 16th presidential elections since 1935, 16 million Filipinos voted Rodrigo Roa Duterte for president.
One year into his presidency, Duterte invited 12 bloggers to Malacañan Palace. I wasn’t a blogger, but I was one of them. I wasn’t exactly a supporter either, a fan as I have always been of eloquence, wide vocabulary, personal style, and good bearing. I openly supported President Duterte for 100 days, the prescribed honeymoon period for an elective official, only making occasional political posts when I felt very strongly about certain issues, such as our relations with the US, or reproductive health, or the church’s involvement in politics.
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