Asia-Pacific 🇵🇭 The Philippines Thread 😎

[Fleiur]

I get the feeling that we might see more of the same policies of Duterte in BBM.

Well, yeah. That's why Marcos won: To continue what President Duterte has started.

 

[TheRomanSlayer]

Well, yeah. That's why Marcos won: To continue what President Duterte has started.

This means more pro-China policies. That's gonna go well with the majority of the Filipinos who harbor a great deal of distrust towards the Chinese government.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

This means more pro-China policies. That's gonna go well with the majority of the Filipinos who harbor a great deal of distrust towards the Chinese government.

Opposition won't win back the Presidency until 2034 at the earliest

 

[TheRomanSlayer]

Opposition won't win back the Presidency until 2034 at the earliest

Yeah, by then we'd become a quasi-colony of China.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Yeah, by then we'd become a quasi-colony of China.

Opposition better get their shit together NOW!

 

[TheRomanSlayer]

Opposition better get their shit together NOW!

True, although they’re too busy being cringe.

 

[49ersfootball]

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/6/13/sara-duterte-leni-robredo-inauguration-attendance.html

 

[49ersfootball]

Marcos, Jr., will be inaugurated at the National Museum of Fine Arts on June 30th when he officially becomes the 17th President.

Bongbong Marcos taking oath as 17th president at Nat’l Museum

 

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Live at the Davao City Hall Grounds.

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[Fleiur]

This means more pro-China policies. That's gonna go well with the majority of the Filipinos who harbor a great deal of distrust towards the Chinese government.

No. There is a big push for federalism in the Philippines. People want decentralisation of power. People want to take away power from imperial Manila.

 

[TheRomanSlayer]

No. There is a big push for federalism in the Philippines. People want decentralisation of power. People want to take away power from imperial Manila.

This actually makes sense, but which foreign power would benefit from this? Federalism would be a good thing, if a hostile power won’t take advantage of it.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

This actually makes sense, but which foreign power would benefit from this? Federalism would be a good thing, if a hostile power won’t take advantage of it.

Doesn't France have a similar Federalism system?

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Big question is whether Duterte will attend Marcos Jr's inauguration on Thursday?

 

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US Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff leading 7-member delegation to the inauguration of Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., as the 17th President of the Philippines on Thursday.


https://globalinquirer.net/204839/f...7-member-us-delegation-to-marcos-inauguration