The Extension of Rodrigo Duterte’s Toxic Legacy
Philippine president joins Vladimir Putin in a bid for revolving door leadership
By: Criselda Yabes
The transformation of Davao City is the centerpiece that made Rodrigo Duterte president of the Philippines. As mayor of that city for two decades, he imagined he could do to the entire country what he had done on his home turf.
He succeeded in replicating the heavy-handed ways he carried out in Davao, which lived by violence and the pet…
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