The winds of change

THE public expectations are quite high. Disappointments over some appointments are setting in five weeks before he could settle down. Cracks are showing among groups around him because of conflicting interests.

Rodrigo Duterte did not promise to deliver the moon and the stars when he offered himself to the presidency. Unlike many other politicians, he did not beg for votes. He did not pretend to be somebody else. Probably that was what attracted him to voters who had grown tired of the usual campaign promises. He was different.