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    • By Miguel Paolo P. Reyes

    Originally published by Vera Files on September 29, 2019.

    VICENTE AND FERDINAND

    Sino sa inyo ang nagsuporta sa akin? Ilan lang? Sino? One or two. Ilan lang? Four, five six? Wala akong barangay captain, wala akong congressman, wala akong pera. Si Imee [Marcos] pa ang nagbigay. Sabi niya inutang daw niya. Si Imee supported me.

    Pres. Rodrigo Duterte
    Oct. 4, 2016

    These statements by President Rodrigo Duterte, made during a meeting with local
    officials of Luzon at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati City on October 4, 2016, are puzzling. For one, Duterte seems to have forgotten that one of the earliest “Duterte for President” groups was launched by barangay captains from Davao City in October 2014. For another, as reported by various media outlets, Imee Marcos is not listed in Duterte’s Statement of Contributions and Expenditures. However, as pointed out by Vera Files, the biggest contributor to Duterte’s campaign was Antonio “Tonyboy” Floirendo Jr., who was “among the prime movers of the Alyansa ng Mga Duterte at Bongbong (ALDUB), a
    group that campaigned for a Duterte-Bongbong Marcos tandem.”

    Antonio Sr., Floirendo’s father, was a known Marcos crony. He was chairman of the
    Marcos administration party Kilusang Bagong Lipunan in the Davao Region, a position that, based on other files in the custody of the Presidential Commission on Good Government, he used to lobby for appointments of local officials in his domain.

    Antonio Floirendo Sr. with Ferdinand Marcos, from Notes on the New Society II: The
    Rebellion of the Poor by Ferdinand Marcos, 1976

    Are there any available documents or accounts showing the Dutertes and the Marcoses
    had a very close personal relationship prior to the leadup to the 2016 elections? In an academic workshop last year, a former journalist claimed that he had never known Duterte to praise Marcos when he was mayor of Davao City in the 1990s. What do we really know
    about the purported ties of these political fa

    Rodrigo Duterte

    President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

    "DU30" and "Duterte" redirect here. For his presidential campaign stylized as "DU30", see Rodrigo Duterte 2016 presidential campaign. For others with the surname, see Duterte (surname).

    In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Roa and the surname or paternal family name is Duterte.

    Rodrigo Duterte

    Official portrait, 2016

    In office
    June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2022
    Vice PresidentLeni Robredo
    Preceded byBenigno Aquino III
    Succeeded byBongbong Marcos
    In office
    June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2016
    Vice MayorPaolo Duterte
    Preceded bySara Duterte
    Succeeded bySara Duterte
    In office
    June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2010
    Vice MayorLuis Bonguyan (2001–07)
    Sara Duterte (2007–10)
    Preceded byBenjamin de Guzman
    Succeeded bySara Duterte
    In office
    February 2, 1988 – March 19, 1998
    Vice MayorDominador Zuño Jr. (1988–92)
    Luis Bonguyan (1992–95)
    Benjamin de Guzman (1995–98)
    Preceded byJacinto Rubillar (OIC)
    Succeeded byBenjamin de Guzman (acting)
    In office
    June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2013
    MayorSara Duterte
    Preceded bySara Duterte
    Succeeded byPaolo Duterte
    In office
    May 2, 1986 – November 27, 1987
    Officer In Charge
    MayorZafiro Respicio
    Preceded byCornelio Maskariño (OIC)
    Succeeded byGilbert Abellera (OIC)
    In office
    June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2001
    Preceded byProspero Nograles
    Succeeded byProspero Nograles

    Incumbent

    Assumed office
    February 7, 2016
    PresidentKoko Pimentel
    Manny Pacquiao
    Alfonso Cusi
    Jose Alvarez
    Robin Padilla
    Preceded byIsmael Sueno
    In office
    2009 – February 21, 2015
    Preceded byPeter Laviña
    Born

    Rodrigo Roa Duterte


    (1945-03-28) March 28, 1945 (age 79)
    Maasin, Leyte, Philippine Commonwealth
    Political partyPartido

    The Electoral Paradox: Colonial History, Duterte, and the Return of the Marcoses in the Philippines

     

    Abstract: In understanding the authoritarian character of Rodrigo Duterte’s rule followed by the return of the Marcoses to power, it is important to situate both within the context of ‘electoral dystopias’ in the Philippines: the colonial and postcolonial history of democratic institutions deployed by rulers to produce undemocratic social effects. Elections thus look two ways: they seek to mobilise popular expectations for change even as they become instruments for reproducing hierarchy and reinforcing the power of elites. It is within this paradoxical conjunction of popular desires for radical change and elite attempts at containing and channelling those desires for conservative ends that we can see the rise of authoritarian figures such as Duterte. This essay is based on the first chapter of the author’s The Sovereign Trickster: Death ad Laughter in the Age of Duterte, published by Duke University Press in 2022.

     

    Keywords: Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, Ferdinand Marcos, Elections, Colonial History

     

     

    Figure 1: Campaign closure speech by Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr. Photo by patrickroque01 (Creative Commons).

     

    It is not uncommon for the Philippines to attract global attention during times of natural catastrophes or manmade disasters. One such cataclysm arguably was the recent electoral victory of Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr., the son of the infamous dictator who ruled the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, and his running mate, Sara Duterte-Carpio, the daughter of the authoritarian president Rodrigo Duterte (in office from 2016 to 2022). 

    While much of the world was shocked by their election, people in the Philippines were not entirely surprised. The country has been swept by the recent storms of authoritarianism blowing across the world for the past decade. In 2016, it brought them Rodrigo Duterte a

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    • Beyond Will and Power: A Biography of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, Earl G. Parreño. Lapu-lapu City: Optima Typographics.

    Book Review

    Beyond Will and Power: A Biography of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, by Earl G. Parreño. Lapu-lapu City: Optima Typographics, 2019. Pp. 227. ISBN 9786218161023.

    Cleve V. Arguelles

    For an enigmatic man like Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, to write an account of the man's life is surely a demanding enterprise. Independent journalist Earl Parreño boldly took up the challenge and succeeded in constructing a comprehensive profile of the man. Through a laborious gathering of countless interviews and documents, the result is the book Beyond Will and Power, a short biography of Duterte focusing on his political and family life prior to his rise to Malacañang.

    While a cottage industry around Duterte has been booming among many writers since his presidential victory in 2016, many works produced have barely scratched the surface. This book is both a timely and necessary intervention: the details of his past lives, especially before his time as the infamous Davao City mayor, have yet to be made accessible. The emphasis on the rich political and family life trajectories of the Duterte clan, meaningfully situated in the sociohistorical development of Davao, Mindanao, and the nation, is the book's most significant contributions. However, the book's attempt to decouple Duterte from his destructive legacy to Philippine society is a weak point that cannot be easily overlooked. In this review, I will give a brief overview of the book, followed by a short discussion of what this biography can potentially offer for the study of Philippine politics and society, and ends with a critical reflection on the ethics of writing a political biography.

    With 13 chapters and a separate epilogue and prologue, Parreño divides the book into two major parts. The first part consists of chapters that map the public and personal lives of Rodr