Duterte's Impact on the Philippines
I consider myself not pro or anti Duterte but more pro-Philippines. I support whatever is the best for our country. I didn't vote for Duterte for the simple reason that I didn't vote at all. But if I did, I would have voted for him because he is what our country needs -- a disturbance. He disturbs the norms long accepted by the Filipinos -- e.g. Americans are our friends, we should worship them and we cannot survive without them and China and Russia are the enemies. We have hailed the Aquinos as the saviors of our country. For a long time, they have used Martial Law and Marcos' atrocities so that they can hold power in the government. While most of the Filipinos still remain poor albeit free from the oppressive martial law, we are still chained to poverty and corruption. photo credit:GMA Network We see drugs proliferating yet, like horses with blinkers, our eyes have been kept from looking anywhere else but only what is in front of us. We stay blind on how much dam