It wasn’t too long ago when Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte — then aspirants for the two highest posts in the land — waxed on about their apparent mutual respect for each other, the former Davao mayor’s sense of humor, and a campaign that was turning into the “most intense” campaign the Ilokano politician had ever experienced.
But two-and-a-half years since Marcos and Duterte won a landslide election on vague promises of continuity and “unity,” the two are apparently no longer on speaking terms.