Aquino Warns Filipinos About the Incoming President

The Philippines outgoing president has cautioned his fellow citizens to be avid about defending their freedoms and democracy as a new hardline president is set to take office. Benigno Aquino, speaking Sunday on the 118th anniversary of the country's declaration of independence from Spanish colonial rule, warned President-elect Rodrigo Duterte could take an authoritarian path reminiscent of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos' 20-year rule. Aquino said Marcos had deprived...

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