Wild card

IN every presidential election, there are “three possible campaigns any candidate can run: challenger, trying to regain the top position for his party; incumbent, trying to stay in the palace by the river for the party in power; successor, the toughest campaign, offering continuity.” But first, there is ambition. But anyone audacious enough to run knows already how to bluff. Then, one has to project grit and determination.

Rudy “Digong” Duterte is a tease but the ride paints him as the anti-thesis, the anti-establishment candidate. The tease is such a ride that people compare him to the boy who cried wolf, while others see in him the complexity of a shrewd warrior, setting himself apart from the rest and yet, always surprising people. Duterte is the wild card of 2016, a wild card that can mean a fall out, a shutout or a win.