ONE big failure of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in his first 100 days in power is this: He has failed to connect with the masses, which down the road could weaken his political base, making it harder for him to govern the country.
Last of 2 parts Instead, his optics have portrayed him as among the country's elite, in stark contrast to his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte's image as, yes, a politician, but one with the masses, who knows what he masses feel.What else would one expect, with images of him with this magnate-friends drinking wine as soon as it became clear he would be winning the election, of his luxurious inauguration and birthday parties, and singing heartily at a senator's posh birthday celebration.
It is indeed ironic that this president whose electoral machinery he called the Uniteam, to emphasize its main goal which was to unite the country, allowed in his first 100 days his Cabinet to be disunited, with two factions fighting, to the death as it were, that one faction launched a ruthless media campaign against their main target, former executive secretary Victor Rodriguez, which heartlessly included even his wife and in-laws.
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