PRESIDENT Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte’s latest excuse for keeping Department of Health (DoH) Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd in his post is that the latter’s brother is his close friend and that the Duque family is rich and, therefore, would not be prone to corruption.

Both reasons are lame. The first, as he had said in the past, has no relevance to his choice of qualified members of his team.

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