RACHEL A.G. REYES
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has again attacked oligarchs. A few days ago, he railed against the politically influential rich—the billionaire big names he said owned the country’s political parties, bankrolled political candidacies, and drove the political machinery that delivered the votes to favored candidates. He vowed his administration would be different. Our Presidents have been saying much the same thing for the Past 30 years at least, and evidently failing. What’s different about Duterte’s pronouncements?