DUTERTE

By Jose Alejandrino
October 3, 2017

I happen to know certain things about Rodrigo Duterte which most people don't know and which I will not reveal.

Suffice to tell you, whether you believe me or not, that Duterte is a good man, a man I trust, a man of God despite his rough ways.

When he says he doesn't care for the presidency, he really doesn't. When he says he will step down, I know he will.

If he ran for the presidency, he did it out of duty more than conviction. Out of duty because he truly loves his country. Someone had to do the dirty work of cleaning the country of corruption, of illegal drugs, of bringing peace to Mindanao. That was his mission. Once we have transited to a new constitutional order, he will step down.
What we have in Duterte is a man completely different from the average politician. What you see in Duterte is what you get. He is not perfect. He can be a joker. He loves to play tricks. But yDuterte is an honest man, despite all the black propaganda thrown against him. He is also a compassionate man who cares for the poor and downtrodden. He cares for the soldiers and policemen who die in their line of duty. It eats him inside each time he loses one of them. He has a relentless hatred of corruption and drugs.

God has seen into Rodrigo's heart and I believe the Lord, too, found it good. As I said, I believe he is the David of the Lord.

His enemies hate him because he is different. Big business cannot buy him. Crooked politicians cannot penetrate him. Crooked government officials cannot fool him. Oligarchs fear him. They don't understand his mind because they see him in their own image. Their crooked image. And that is their first mistake.

How do you fathom someone like Duterte? You don't. You just adjust to him. It's his way or the highway.