ON Monday, I wrote a piece whose title is its gist: "We have become a leaderless nation." With certain recent developments, I rest my case. President Marcos can't even set policy on an urgent issue facing the nation, our conflict with China.

His Defense Secretary, Gilberto Teodoro, has publicly defied his alter ego, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin who had announced a de-escalation in government's rhetoric against China.

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