[OPINION] A political earthquake? Sara Duterte fails to seize narrative

A vice president quitting the Cabinet is not your usual story. It’s definitely not a filler. It’s a major story, what newspaper editors would call banner headline material. 

Imagine the political implications: Vice President Sara Duterte resigns from the Cabinet a mere three months and 12 days before the filing of candidacies for the mid-term elections. Historically, administration candidates for the Senate breeze through the mid-terms on the wings of public adulation for the incumbent president.