President Marcos Jr.’s inaugural address delivered last week was notable for conveying to the Filipino people his thoughts, ideas, and plans for the nation in complete, coherent sentences that flowed logically from one paragraph to the next. For many viewers and listeners, his speech was in stark contrast to the rambling monologues, often peppered with jaw-dropping, off-the-cuff comments, that his predecessor had subjected to the country over the last six years. However, the dramatic shift in economic
When Rodrigo R. Duterte was elected, his mandate on the surface was typical of the Fifth Republic’s plurality presidencies; his percentage (39.1 percent) put him in the lowest middle ranks of these (only Ramos won on a smaller percentage: both Estrada and Arroyo had higher percentages). What he enjoyed was a profound reorientation of the national political culture after the 30-odd year sway of the Aquinos as icons of democratic empathy shifted to Duterte incarnating it. The effect was that what was a middling mandate became a colossal one as he was rewarded with the highest public opinion approval marks
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