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Marcos Dodges First 100 Days, Then Switches Course

‘A president with only a nodding acquaintance with coherence’

Oct 09, 2022
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By: Manuel L. Quezon III

A funny thing happened on the way to the First 100 Days anniversary of Ferdinand Marcos Jr on October 8. Everyone was primed to observe it, since the 100th day is a ritual observed by every president since Corazon Aquino under the present Fifth Republic. But Ferdinand Marcos Jr decided not to celebrate it.

It wasn’t for lack of pr…

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