‘We do not yield.’ What next, Mr. President?

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THE punchline got the gallery excited. The rhetoric resonates, except probably among the pro-Duterte crowd. But to get the message across to a broader constituency and ensure that the tasks it entails are done, many things need to be undone. The work starts now. First, electing an “inutil,” not-up-to-the-task president cannot be repeated. It is something all voters must avoid in 2028. In his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in 2020, then-president Rodrigo Duterte said: “China is claiming it. We are claiming it. China has the arms, we do not have it. So? It’s simple as that.” “They are…

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