FRANCISCO S. TATAD
THE first signs of a multi-sectoral, multi-pronged challenge to President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug killings have finally appeared, and on the “National Day of Protest” proclaimed by DU30 himself to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Ferdinand Marcos’ proclamation of Martial Law throughout the country on September 21, 1972, managed to draw first blood. Despite the mobilization of DU30 supporters nationwide, the protesters managed to dominate the day’s political space, calling for an end to the year-long extra-judicial killings and throwing DU30 slightly off-balance.