[PASTILAN] Quad comm calls Duterte’s bluff, and all he had was hot air

Rodrigo Duterte might look like a thug and talk like a thug, but when he finally had to answer for it and was pressed for details, he turned out to be just another scared old man — one who may have wet his pants or adult diapers

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Back in the 1870s, Henry Martyn Robert, a US Army general, authored what is now the standard manual on parliamentary procedures after he presided over a chaotic church meeting, which showed him the need for universal rules of orderly debate. His manual aimed to keep discussions fair and structured, giving everyone a voice without letting things devolve into shouting matches.

Duterte’s war with the congressmen, if one can call it that, was an artless and crude spectacle that would have made even Sun Tzu fall from his seat in disbelief. His camp telegraphed their punches a full day before the showdown, allowing the congressmen — no strangers to the art of ambush — to set the trap.

As the hours wore on, one could only wonder: Was this a case of Panelo giving his principal bum advice, or a betrayal cloaked in bravado? There, in the nation’s most publicized spotlight, Duterte unwittingly handed his detractors plenty of ammunition to wound his reputation. They knew that the best way to unmask a bully was to let him talk subject to the old and trustworthy Robert’s rules which, apparently, Duterte was clueless about.

Other congressmen like Representative Raoul Manuel of Kabataan partylist questioned him about police rewards. Duterte fumbled, unwilling or unable to clarify the source of funds, refusing to confirm if the millions spent incentivizing killings came from the Office of the President’s coffers. De Lima, recently acquitted and freed after years in prison on what were widely regarded as politically-motivated charges, rejected his baseless slander with a newfound freedom.

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