Mr. Duterte should restore the ‘I’ word banished by Mr. Aquino

CASUAL observers of governance still remember with weariness a word struck out by Mr. Aquino from the governing lexicon. Pope Francis and President Obama agreed that the word banished by Mr. Aquino “is the defining issue of our time.” It bedevils countries rich and poor, First World and sub-Sahara types, countries large and small.

Mr. Aquino’s loathed word was—inequality.