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Sunday, February 21, 2016

INSIGHTS ON PILIPINAS 2016 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

Opinion-
Courtesy: Manila Bulletin 

In an objective assessment of candidates in the first series of televised presidential debates, I give it to former DILG Secretary Mar Roxas for clarity of delivery and theoretical constructs. But its Mayor Rodrigo Duterte who gave the most sensible and pragmatic answers. My expectation of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago dominating the debate didnt happens. Vice President Jejomar Binay stammered and didn't make an impression in communicating his ideas. Senator Grace Poe was doing alright, until she delivered her final answer apparently packaged for the Mindanao issue. The two U.S. educated candidates i.e. Roxas and Poe, communicated their ideas in a critical thinking pattern typically practiced by U.S. university management graduates. The three lawyers i.e. MDS, Duterte and Binay could have articulated their ideas and personal qualities better, given a little more time and less structured arrangement to amplify conflict, reconciliation and integration of ideas. Striking the balance and establishing superiority of thought in a free for all is where the quality of leadership counts. No clear winner at this point. By: Atty. Manny S.D. Lopez


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