The article was first published by The Age and the Brisbane Times on December 04, 2016.
Dr Malcolm Cook is Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
The article was published online by TODAY on December 02, 2016.
Dr Hui Yew-Foong is Senior Fellow and Coordinator, Indonesia Studies Programme at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
The article was published online by The Straits Times on December 03, 2016.
Dr Ian Storey is Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
The article was first published by TODAY on December 02, 2016, and subsequently by Malaysia Chronicle on December 07, 2016
Dr Norshahril Saat is Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
The article was first published by The Straits Times on December 02, 2016.
Dr Leo Suryadinata is Senior Visiting Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
The article was first published by The Straits Times on December 01, 2016.
Dr Ian Storey is Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
The article was first published by TODAY on December 01, 2016.
Dr Ooi Kee Beng is Deputy Director at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. Dr Mustafa Izzuddin is Fellow at the same institute.
The article was first published by The Guardian on 25 November 2016.
Dr Charlotte Setijadi is Visiting Fellow, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
2016/78, 30 November 2016
“Mayor (President) Duterte”, a Commentary by Malcolm Cook
On Sunday December 5, President Duterte, via an SMS message from his Secretary to the Cabinet ‘Jun’ Evasco, ordered Vice-President Robredo “to desist from attending all Cabinet meetings” (click here). Tellingly, Secretary Evasco did not say that President Duterte had asked him to send this message, but that ‘Mayor Duterte’ had instructed him to do so. Not ironically in the Philippines, President Duterte’s daughter is the current mayor of Davao City.