THERE is no doubt the results of the May 12 midterm elections foreshadow the debacle that awaits the anti-Duterte forces in the 2028 presidential polls.
Whoever they put up as their presidential candidate against Vice President Sara Duterte will suffer a humiliating defeat, the way the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas candidates of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration suffered in the recent electoral process. The resounding verdict of the Filipino people via the midterm polls is a thunderous repudiation of the Marcos administration and its relentless campaign to persecute the Duterte family.
These defeats are not mere losses; they are a collective rebuke of those who aligned with the administration’s anti-Duterte crusade or those who opted to keep their lips sealed in condemning the illegal arrest, detention and jailing of the former president at The Hague. This is also clear in the stunning defeat of a Duterte ally-turned-staunch Marcos supporter, Cebu’s now ex-governor Gwen Garcia, whose loss to newcomer and PDP-Laban bet Pam Baricuatro signals a seismic shift in “Garcia country.
Midterm Election Results: Precursor To The 2028 Presidential Polls
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