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The Duterte Revolution Is Already Happening

Aug 31, 2017 | 20:00 GMT

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while delivering a speech on the southern island of Mindanao on June 20, 2017.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while delivering a speech on the southern island of Mindanao on June 20, 2017. Duterte has begun to muse about creating a revolutionary government amid the massive challenges and changes his country faces.

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First it was Ferdinand Marcos. Then, irony of ironies, it was democratic icon Corazon Aquino. Both leaders set up "revolutionary governments" that were far from the democratic rule they espoused. With less than five years left in his administration, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has now begun to muse about creating a similar government amid the massive challenges and changes his country faces. ...

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