IN a recent inauguration of the new head office of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in Pasig, President Roa Duterte, the 16th president of the Republic of the Philippines, said, 'In a few days, I will be out. 'Yung nagawa ko, para sa 'kin, 'yun na 'yon, the best that my efforts can really achieve. Kung kulang pa 'yun, pasensya na, hindi ko na talaga kaya,' ('For all my achievements, for me, that's just it, the best that my efforts can really achieve. If it is still not enough, I'm sorry, I can no longer do it.')

Duterte immediately explained that for the programs he was not able to do, it was