Analysis: A clean sweet for pro-Duterte candidates in the midterms gives the Philippines' president a massive political mandate.
- June 30, 2019 marks the midpoint in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s six-year presidency, and he is set to begin the second half of his term with even broader powers after his coalition swept Congressional and local elections last week.
The Philippines has a long history of poll fraud, and the word “magic” has a different connotation among many Filipino voters. Pre-polling data showed that Duterte allies were leading the senatorial race. Among them were the daughter of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the top police chief who led the war on drugs, and a former senator accused of plunder. All three won with Duterte’s endorsement.
The Mindanao congressional district that the opposition politician represented, has already been stripped of is entire infrastructure budget in 2019, although the Congressional candidate survived in the elections. The same source told TRT World that of all the legislative agenda the president wants to drive forward, changing the constitution may be the toughest, even if he has a majority in Congress.
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