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Will Duterte regime be coronavirus's next victim after failing on 2 fronts

Even as failure has dogged the public health front, incompetence has marked the administration's response to the economic crisis triggered by the lockdown

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The Duterte approach has failed dramatically as infections continue their exponential spread and deaths keep rising.

9 min read Last Updated : Jul 30 2020 | 11:49 AM IST

In his fifth State of the Nation (SONA) address on July 27, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte tried to live up to his old form: by turns menacing, double-talking, cursing, dripping with cynical humor, digressing, and irreverent.

Instead he came across as uninspiring, unimaginative, and perhaps overwhelmed by the realization that a formula which might have worked in the pre-Covid-19 period — where his unorthodox gangster charm worked with millions frustrated by a malfunctioning democracy — no longer connected in these times of the coronavirus.

Instead of coming across as invincible, as in previous SONAs, Duterte offered the country the rare

Topics : Coronavirus Philippine President Duterte Philippines

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