FRANCISCO S. TATAD
AS this is written, several rallies are reported to be taking place in various places in and outside the country, calling on President Rodrigo Duterte to oust himself as a constitutionally elected president and declare a “revolutionary government” by means of which he could rule as an absolute dictator without a constitutional successor, without Congress, without the judiciary, and without a troublesome free press. These are not anti-government rallies. They are organized and supported by pro-DU30 fanatics who would like to invest him with unaccountable powers not contemplated by the Constitution, neither remotely associated with any concept of democratic and republican government.