MANILA: President Rodrigo Duterte will likely avoid a lame-duck phase in the second half of his term, leveraging high approval ratings and a super-majority in Congress to seal his policy agenda.
Bills to overhaul the Philippine constitution, strengthen the drug war, and make the economy more competitive are expected to be the President’s priorities when he speaks to lawmakers at the annual State of the Nation Address today. .
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