Death of a salesman: Duterte does not sell federalism anymore

Wonder no more why Rodrigo Duterte has stopped selling to the electorate federalism, his pet advocacy before he declared that he was running for President of the Philippines.

Duterte, mayor of Davao City, has apparently come to his senses that a federal system of government in place of a parliamentary one would not fly especially with political players who do not want their trapo ways to be eroded a bit, that’s why.