Duterte’s Strongman Rule: The Gathering Storm?
A CenPEG Public Forum will be moved to July 24, 2018. Venue toi be announced. Apologies for the late update.
The policy think tank, Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG), is holding its 10th State of the Presidency (SOP) – entitled “Duterte’s Strongman Rule: The Gathering Storm?” – on July 18, 2018, 8:30 a.m. -12 noon, Assembly Hall of the National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG), University of the Philippines, Diliman campus, Quezon City.
Held every year, the SOP is a public forum which on July 18 aims to appraise the first two years of the presidency of Rodrigo R. Duterte on pressing national issues related to presidential leadership, governance, the state of the country’s economy, foreign affairs, popularity rating and the media, the quest for peace in Bangsamoro, the stalled government peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), as well as women and gender issues.
The line-up of resource speakers and analysts for the 10th SOP are: Prof. Temario C. Rivera, former Dean Luis V. Teodoro, Prof. Joseph Anthony Lim, Prof. Roland G. Simbulan, CenPEG policy director Bobby M. Tuazon, Prof. Nathalie Africa-Verceles, and Amirah Ali Lidasan, secretary general of the Moro Christian People’s Alliance (MCPA). Acting as Moderator is CenPEG Executive Director Evita L. Jimenez. CenPEG News
