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Duterte Presidency in the Philippines affects the current insights of Filipinos towards
his mindset of separating the country to its geopolitical interests on its former colonial
master, the United States of America. The research problem being addressed is how
are transformed into governance scripts that bind together a coalition of interests
It is clear from the abstract of the article that it is no simple issue. The article
describes facts which turn the Philippines’ steady relationship with the United States
of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) into something that can be easily
removed, just because of the War on Drug. The Author starts by the first issue, Duterte
has announced, which made a drastic change in the political point of views of people
– the renouncement on the separation from the United States. In light of the issue in
the War on Drugs, Duterte’s decisions rooted not only in his generation and identity
used by sectors of Philippine society and non-Manileños to express the idea that all
the affairs of the Philippines, whether in politics, economy and business or culture, are
decided by what goes on in the capital region, Metro Manila without considering the
needs of the rest of the country, largely because of centralized government and
urbanite snobbery (Martinez 2004), but also a historical blowback against the “US
imperialism” - a policy aimed at extending the political, economic, and cultural control
of the United States government over areas beyond its boundaries (“History in
Politics, since it is, for them the best way to form a steady government. A government
where less to be heard voices will be given the chance to voice out what they really
need, what they really want, and what is really best for them. That is why Duterte
gained the people's heart because of his firm conviction to what he says.
comparison of regimes makes it clear that each president has their own ability to form
“discourses with a clear sequential order that connect events in a meaningful way for
a definite audience and thus offer insights about the world and/or the people’s
experiences of it” (Hinchman and Hinchman, as quoted by Elliot 2003: 3) have become
change through the mobilization of ideas at a discursive level. With these narratives,
To such a complicated issue the author sums the research up well by saying
that the idea of reviving the Filipino Nationalism can mean two things – unite internally
not only in Asia but even in Europe, is an indication of the adverse reaction to
globalization, as the losers in the borderless world attempt to win back control of their
understand how politics work in different people’s mindset. The Author presented
concrete guidelines for carrying the issue out. In my opinion, the article can be a good
resource paper for those who study politics and issues connected thereto. The author
also cited people and their works which helped support his article. These are good,
well-known examples and authors and I think it adds great deal credibility to the piece
as a whole.
Overall, this article is well-written with an important message. The piece, when
taken as a whole, is relevant and very convincing, especially that it laid down facts and
is easy to understand.