RACHEL A.G. REYES
SARA “Inday” Duterte, the mayor of Davao City and the President’s daughter, is the latest government official to have called for the exhibition of Sen. Antonio Trillanes’ testicles: “Pakita mo bayag mo, huwag mo itago yan sa Senado (Show your balls, don’t hide them in the Senate),” she said just the other day. Along with lies, fabrications, contradictions and deceptions, an obsession with testicles, it seems, and specifically the pair belonging to Senator Trillanes, distinguishes the political discourse of this presidency and those of its supporters.