From the Philippines’ Marcos, Lassitude in Human Rights
Three months in, a passive president
From a human rights standpoint, the 106-day-old administration of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. seems to be on cruise control, coasting into the future pretty much on the policies put in place by Bongbong’s rough-hewn predecessor Rodrigo Duterte. To those watching carefully for warnings of bloodthirstiness inherited from Marcos’s father, one…
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