What’s happening to the Marcos-Duterte alliance? | Part 1

“Ilabas na ang popcorn,” many exclaimed online as theMarcos-Duterte feud blew up. But is this more than just entertainment? Professor Aries Arugay unpacks the current political brouhaha and its possible impact on the country’s political alignments.

He also points out what he sees as the real existential threat to the democratic system – charter change – and breaks down the camps on both sides, while highlighting the absence of a “third force,” an opposition strong enough to challenge what he calls the “dynasty cartel.”

Links:

https://polisci.upd.edu.ph/faculty/arugay/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/aries-arugay-a6a2a629a/?originalSubdomain=phhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nKU50MQAAAAJ&hl=en--

Producer: Aubrey Delos Reyes

Researcher: Lilian Tiburcio

Editor: Jayr Magtoto

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