WE have to call the elephant in the room. There is no need to quibble about it. It is a fact that former president Rodrigo Duterte did not unequivocally express his support for or endorse the candidacy of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. In fact, Duterte even criticized Marcos. When Duterte referred to a candidate who was doing drugs, many people concluded that he may have been alluding to Marcos, although it should be made clear that the former president did not in any way directly name his successor as that person. It is also clear that most of the diehard...