Marcos Jr: First 100 days

Hits and misses: Marcos Jr has made strides in several important policy areas in his first 100 days since being sworn in as President on June 30, 2022, but has also neglected some vital areas. — AP

THE political obsession with “the 100 days” tradition can be traced to the French concept of Cent Jours (Hundred Days), which referred to the crucial period between Napoleon Bonaparte’s triumphant return to Paris from exile in 1815 and, just over three months later, his decisive defeat in the Battle of Waterloo, which restored the Bourbon monarchy to power in France.

In the modern era, it was US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, affectionately known as FDR, who coined the term “first 100 days” during one of his famous “fireside” radio chats in July 1933.