THERE is a rising concern in the social media, so far unshared by the mainstream, that the government could implode because of an enormous combination of grievous domestic and external political problems.
We have a looming proxy war with China caused by our blind support for the US in its global competition with Beijing, with whom we have a territorial dispute in the South China Sea. Meanwhile, the administration's promise of redemption from our dark past may have turned into a nightmare to many Filipinos.
But certain elements who seem to support former president Rodrigo Roa Duterte after he broke with Marcos have been heard to theorize about a possible secession in Mindanao, a possible withdrawal of military support for the commander-in-chief by the generals, a possible revolutionary government under a civilian-military leadership, a possible repeat of the 1986 civilian-supported military uprising that ended the 21-year rule of the late 'dictator.
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