Duterte’s program of government

For the first time this season, Filipino voters are getting a preview of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s “program of government,” very much ahead of the official campaign period, even though his candidacy is very much the subject of at least three disqualification suits before the Commission on Elections.

From his own rich and colorful utterances, Duterte has become the first “presidential candidate” to offer us the broad strokes of his “program.” Upon her launch, and long before her disqualification and the cancellation of her Certificate of Candidacy by the Comelec’s First and Second Divisions, Sen. Grace Poe Llamanzares had earlier unveiled an incredible wish list, which she also called her program of government. That is nothing, compared to Duterte’s vaunted platform.