DUTERTE as President is emerging as a historic break from our past. He is by attitude, maybe even class-origins, and pronouncements, a drastic departure from his predecessors.

There had been Presidents who came from the lower-middle classes (Ramon Magsaysay and Diosdado Macapagal) but who never really challenged the ruling class by their pronouncements and actions. President Estrada pretended to be for the masses, but turned out to be the best example of our lumpenproletariat politicos.

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