MARLEN V. RONQUILLO
AFTER the election in May 2016, the great expectation was this. Mr. Duterte would end the unapologetic social darwinism of Mr. Aquino and bring hope—and deliverance—to the disillusioned. Even the post-election analysis from the foreign news outlets said as much and some lines from my election articles that described Mr. Duterte as the perceived antithesis of Mr. Aquino were made part of those post-election analyses.