Ben D. Kritz
Ben D. Kritz

AFTER seven eventful post-election weeks, it finally becomes official at noon today: Rodrigo Duterte, the former mayor of Davao City and possibly the least presidential figure the country could have picked to fill the role, will take his oath to become the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines. The inauguration ceremony has been refreshingly simplified from the painfully ostentatious coronation of his predecessor, but is already tinged with a bit of controversy because of the pointed exclusion of the new Vice President, former political cipher Leni Robredo, who will be having her own inauguration ceremony across town.

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