MAURO GIA SAMONTE
MAURO GIA SAMONTE

If Duterte has been my preoccupation these past many columns, it is because I urgently want to get to the roots of his phenomenon.He has killed probably over 4,000 by now, and yet his popularity remains quite high. Some accounts put it at 64 percent trust and approval rating, others at 76 percent, and the latest at 84 percent. This development must speak of either of two things: Filipinos are stupid or Duterte is right.

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