[Newsstand] What’s next for VP Sara: Go Macapagal or go Arroyo?

Now that she has passed the point of no return, which options will the Vice President choose? The one from 2001, or the one from 1957?

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It is in the best interest of the Duterte family and their allies, then, to ensure that VP Sara becomes the next president. That is how I understand her resignation from the Cabinet, and from the influential position of education secretary. She means to do all she can to prepare herself to succeed Ferdinand Marcos Jr.The first path is the one contemplated by our constitutions: The president dies in office.

The fourth is that which unmade Estrada, and made Gloria Arroyo. A People-Powered uprising and the withdrawal of support from the military leadership forced Estrada out of office and installed Arroyo as president in 2001.Based on a reading of the many comments from Duterte supporters on social media, it seems that a good number would favor what I would call the Arroyo option.

Does Marcos Jr. have the appetite for such a political war of attrition? That remains to be seen, but it is important to remember the lesson we learned from Duterte: The presidency has the capacity to wage that kind of war.A more realistic reading of the situation suggests that VP Sara will likely follow the example of Cong Dadong, the “poor boy from Lubao,” who is not coincidentally the father of her close political ally, former president and former speaker Gloria Arroyo..

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