A Pending Decision Pits Peace vs. Democracy in the Philippines
Since taking office in 2016, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has systematically undermined democracy. He has jailed political opponents such as Senator Leila de Lima, revoked the license of the country’s largest broadcast network, and unleashed a “war on drugs” that has killed thousands of mainly poor people.
But the one act of institutional desecration that Duterte has not visited upon his country’s democracy is to cancel or delay elections beyond legally stipulated deadlines.
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