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『The Time has come』: Duterte to invoke Hague ruling in China visit this August @ 2019-08-06T16: Back Hot News
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PANELO SAID PRESIDENT DUTERTE FINDS THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO RAISE THE PHILIPPINES’ ARBITRAL VICTORY GIVEN THAT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE ONLY HAS 3 YEARS LEFT IN HIS TERM.
MANILA—PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE ON MONDAY DENOUNCED ALLEGED CORRUPTION IN THE OPERATION OF SMALL-TOWN LOTTERY (STL) AND PERYAHAN NG BAYAN, SAYING OPERATORS UNDER-REMITTED SHARES TO THE GOVERNMENT.
I’LL TAKE YOU TO HELL: DUTERTE TO FIGHT EFFORTS TO JAIL HIM OVER DRUG WAR
VILLANUEVA OPTED FOR THE SECOND CHOICE WHICH WAS TO REFILE THE MEASURE AS SUGGESTED BY SENATE PRESIDENT VICENTE SOTTO III. LAST WEEK, VILLANUEVA REFILED THE SAME VERSION OF THE VETOED SECURITY OF TENURE BILL TO KNOW WHICH "EXACT" PROVISIONS ARE BEING CONTESTED BY DUTERTE"S ECONOMIC MANAGERS.
SENATOR GORDON POSTED A STATEMENT TO HIS FACEBOOK PAGE TO SAY THAT HE IS NOT OFFENDED BY DUTERTE"S MOCKERY AND STILL CONSIDERS THE CONTROVERSIAL LEADER, KNOWN FOR HIS BRUTAL WAR ON DRUGS THAT HAS LED TO THOUSANDS OF EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS, TO BE A FRIEND.
IN PARTICULAR, THE SEEMINGLY IMPULSIVE MOVE THREATENS TO STOKE REGULATORY RISK PERCEPTIONS AMONG INVESTORS, AS DUTERTE APPEARS TO USE HIS EXECUTIVE POWER TO RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER EXISTING LAWS AND REGULATIONS, A LEIT MOTIF OF HIS THREE YEARS IN POWER.
THE SON OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE, APPOINTED DEPUTY SPEAKER OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS, HEADED THE REFERRAL OF HOUSE BILLS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES.
ASKED TO REACT TO QUIBOLOY’S DECLARATION, PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN SALVADOR PANELO SAID DUTERTE DOES NOT WANT HIS DAUGHTER TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE OF THE DEMANDING NATURE OF THE JOB.
MR. DUTERTE, WHO TOOK POWER IN 2016, IS HALFWAY THROUGH A SIX-YEAR TERM. IN HIS SPEECH, HE TOUTED VARIOUS ACHIEVEMENTS, INCLUDING HIS ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS AND MOVES TO CUT RED TAPE. MR. DUTERTE ALSO SIGNED LAST WEEK A LANDMARK LAW ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT, AND ONE FINALIZING A PEACE DEAL WITH INSURGENTS AND ESTABLISHING AN AUTONOMOUS MUSLIM HOMELAND IN THE COUNTRY』S RESTIVE SOUTH. BUT DISCUSSION OF THE COUNTRY』S TENSE RELATIONS WITH CHINA AND ITS DRUG WAR ECLIPSED OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
ON ONE HAND, YOU HAVE THE PATRIMONIAL-AUTHORITARIAN POPULISTS, RANGING FROM PRIME MINISTERS NARENDRA MODI (INDIA) AND VIKTOR ORBáN (HUNGARY) TO PRESIDENTS DONALD TRUMP (AMERICA) AND RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN (TURKEY). THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES AS 「THE」 ALTERNATIVE TO DERACINATED AND FECKLESS LIBERAL ELITES WHO HAVE OVERSEEN THE SUPPOSED DECLENSION OF GREAT SOCIETIES. THROUGH THEIR IRON WILL AND SINGLE-MINDED LEADERSHIP, THESE LEADERS PROMISE THAT THEY CAN MAKE THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES 「GREAT AGAIN.」 PRESIDENT DUTERTE, WHO ONCE SAID HE WAS THE PHILIPPINES』 「LAST CARD」 (「HULING BARAHA NG PILIPINO」) SQUARELY BELONGS TO THIS FIRST GROUP OF POLITICAL OUTSIDERS.
HE MAY NOT COMPLETELY STAMP OUT CORRUPTION BUT PRESIDENT DUTERTE IS DETERMINED TO DEAL WITH ANY FORM OF CORRUPTION IN THE BUREAUCRACY 「PROMPTLY AND SEVERELY.」
FOR ALL HIS FOUL TONGUE, HIS HABIT OF COMPARING HIMSELF TO HITLER AND IDI AMIN AND HIS LOUD ENCOURAGEMENT OF DEATH SQUADS THAT SO FAR HAVE KILLED OVER 20,000 SUPPOSED DRUG DEALERS, RODRIGO DUTERTE CAMPAIGNED ON A BIG IDEA WHEN HE RAN FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES IN 2016. HE PROMISED A NEW CONSTITUTION THAT WOULD RESHAPE THE COUNTRY, TURNING IT INTO A FEDERATION RATHER THAN, AS IT IS TODAY, A UNITARY STATE RULED FROM MANILA BY POLITICIANS AND BUREAUCRATS WHO, MANY FILIPINOS BELIEVE, WIELD FAR TOO MUCH POWER.

 

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