A crown of thorns?

A NUMBER of friendly sources have called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to give up the position of Agriculture secretary and appoint a competent individual to do the job. Until now, the President has failed to react, and the continuing agricultural commodity and food crisis appears to have affected his popular standing and threatens to destabilize his government.

A current article in Asia Sentinel, written by my good friend Viswa Nathan, former editor-in-chief of the Hong Kong Standard, who has adopted the Philippines as his home (his "last chance," he says), provides the latest analysis. It says: