FRANCISCO S. TATAD
FRANCISCO S. TATAD

WHILE protesters against the drug killings and the five-months’ extension of martial law in Mindanao milled a street away from the Batasan complex on Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte tried to win as much applause from the joint session of Congress at his second State of the Nation Address, which rambled on for two hours and entertained more than it instilled hope and confidence among his listeners.

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