FERDINAND Marcos Jr.'s all-out political and propaganda attack against Vice President Sara Duterte, planned early this year and made public when she resigned as education secretary in October, will be the accidental president's biggest political error. It may seem a good move in the future, when the Dutertes' political star has faded — but not now.
Marcos kicked out former president Rodrigo Duterte, the most popular Philippine president in the post-war era, from his huge political tent. Duterte had developed such charisma with the masses as we have not seen in this era. Thrown out with him was his daughter, Sara, whose popularity ratings have beaten Marcos in every legitimate and honest poll before the incumbent president launched an intense propaganda campaign against her.
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