BY the time this comes out, Congress, acting as the National Board of Canvassers, has already proclaimed the winners of the May 2016 elections. If President-elect Rodrigo Duterte was a no-show, it ushered in a break from tradition and the start of a new norm. We will have to get use to it as every change brings in a lot of adjustment. Clearly, Duterte wants to break from traditional mold, which could be good for the country in the end.
This was an election of so many firsts: for both the presidency and the vice presidency. Both came from cities outside of imperial Manila. Duterte would be the first Mindanaon to win the presidency while Robredo is the first woman-Bicolano to win the vice presidency. Both Duterte and Robredo jumped from local politics to national campaigns. Duterte served for decades, starting out as an OIC after Edsa while Robredo had three years of stint as a representative, who ran on the coattails of Jesse’s death.
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