FRANCISCO S. TATAD
FRANCISCO S. TATAD

IN just two months and a few days, President Rodrigo Duterte would complete his first year in office. Before that, the one-year government-employment ban on those who ran and lost in the May 2016 elections will expire, and they may now join the government. It might do some good. After 10 months of muddling through, PDU30 needs to move on, to a higher moral ground and a higher level of administrative competence. Especially if Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano’s impeachment complaint against him is thrown out of the House of Representatives. There are some good things going for him, but basic problems remain, and internal dissensions have begun to surface.

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