Philippines: COVID-19 Tightens Duterte’s Iron Grip – Analysis
Friday, 19 June 2020 ()
By Imelda Deinla*On top of its health impact, COVID-19 has thrown the Philippines further into economic and political uncertainty. The government under President Rodrigo Duterte is demonstrating to the world yet again that a forceful exercise of power is its preferred mode of governance. Yet despite harsh quarantine...