IT is significant that President Rodrigo Duterte, for the first time, has tried to explain the underlying reason for his scathing and often offensive words about officials, private citizens and institutions, after his flap last Wednesday concerning the Commission on Audit (CoA) and its auditors and policies.

The President explained that in his remarks in Dimasalang, Masbate, he was “pursuing the limits of civility” by attacking those who have unfairly treated him.

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