A YEAR or so before the end of President Rodrigo Duterte’s constitutionally defined term of office, there may already be signs of him becoming a lame duck. Being a lame duck president makes him less effective in pushing for new programs and policies during the remainder of his six- year term.

He may even start losing some of his cabinet members and his allies.

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