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June 30 marked the second year of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and he enters his third without an education secretary and without the Uniteam he bandied about in an election campaign that he won with a historic 60% of the votes. His former ally is now his biggest destabilizer – and I mean the kind that haunts his plans, his decisions, his understanding of what lies ahead, his panic buttons when he sleeps.

The Dutertes may have left the ruling coalition, but they have become part of the equation in the thoughts and choices of an inexperienced leader who soars on the global stage but struggles with governance. In Marcos Year 2, our special coverage of the President’s second year in office, Malacañang reporter Dwight de Leon delves into the broken promise of unity, and how the …

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