The Rodrigo Duterte tree, once verdant and imposing, now resembles a skeletal relic shedding leaves and branches in rapid succession.
The mass exodus from PDP-Laban is a spectacular black eye for the former president’s political bank, revealing the fragility of his once-mighty fortress. It’s hardly shocking, though, given that even his daughter Sara had long fled the sinking ship, leaving daddy dearest in the lurch.
Now, Duterte’s loyal “generals” are abandoning him like rats from a sinking vessel, with the pièce de résistance being his Health Secretary Francisco Duque pointing the finger at Duterte himself for the infamous Covid-19 funds transfer scandal.
One wonders if the DDS vloggers will soon cross the aisle, seeking refuge with the Marcos camp out of sheer embarrassment for their misguided loyalty to their erstwhile “tatay.”
The once-formidable Duterte tree is rapidly becoming little more than a cautionary tale in the annals of political history.
Ah, the DDSheets and the critics of the Marcos administration have outdone themselves with their latest grand gesture of “civil disobedience.” June 15, 2004, will forever be remembered as “OFW Non-Remittance Day,” a masterstroke aimed at toppling the economy by halting those precious wire transfers from overseas Filipinos.
Genius, right? Except, of course, for the minor oversight that the first to feel the pinch will be none other than the paid pro-Duterte and anti-Marcos bloggers. These valiant keyboard warriors, accustomed to their regular doses of cash from mysterious foreign benefactors, will find their bank accounts as empty as their rhetoric.
Irony, it seems, has a sense of humor. One can only imagine the stunned expressions as these influencers experience a true taste of economic sabotage.
In the grand play of political theater, it’s a plot twist worthy of a standing ovation. Bravo, DDSheets, bravo!
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