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The Philippines Sets Out to Commit Political Suicide Again

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Jul 11, 2018
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The future of President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to turn the Philippines from a unitary state to a federal one was once regarded as imprecise as the future of the European Union and Brexit.

However, the draft of a new federal constitution just released suggests that Duterte’s ambitions at sustaining himself in power are at the core of the proposal rather t…

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