IT is quite painful to listen to reports and the testimonies in the congressional inquiries and police investigations about the abuses and other shenanigans of the Dutertes and their cohorts, from massive corruption to drug-related killings to the sexual abuse of children.

As these allegations are coming out, the response we hear from the Duterte camp is that they're being targeted for political harassment and black propaganda, citing high approval ratings in opinion surveys and the approaching midterm elections.

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