With more debacles ahead, will Aquino last?

Last September, after the biggest rally under President Benigno Aquino 3rd—the August 27 anti-pork barrel demonstration at Rizal Park—a three-part article in this space argued that he will serve out his term despite rising unrest.

Having gone through the turbulent years of the Arroyo administration, this writer believed that if the past government could weather far greater political, economic and social challenges, the present one, helped by high growth, hefty revenues and still good approval ratings, stood an even better chance of lasting its full six years.