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In a special episode of On The Campaign Trail, veteran journalist @jnery_newsstand sits down with Rappler's regional coordinator @indayevarona and senior reporters @beacupin and @lianbuan to make sense of the chaotic past few days. #PHVote #WeDecide

@jnery_newsstand @indayevarona @beacupin @lianbuan .@jnery_newsstand asks: Is the insane flurry of substitutions a sign of democratic decay?

@indayevarona: There's been little sense of governance...what we've seen is an orgy of drama with a backdrop of extreme extravagance, private planes, and let's not forget, crime.

@jnery_newsstand @indayevarona @beacupin @lianbuan .@indayevarona: Everyone's crumbling to safeguard their turf.... It's basically focused on self-interest, hindi ko nakikita 'yung taumbayan dito eh.... It looks very much like a defensive play.

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@jnery_newsstand @indayevarona @beacupin @lianbuan .@beacupin gives timeline involving Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, from the Cebu party where she met with presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos, to her resignation from Hugpong and announcing her bid for vice presidency under Lakas-CMD.

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@jnery_newsstand @indayevarona @beacupin @lianbuan On PDP-Laban, @beacupin highlights: Up to 5 pm today, biglang walang standard bearer, walang vice presidential candidate. But the key personalities of PDP-Laban are still in the running in 2022 under PDDS, a relatively new party.

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@jnery_newsstand @indayevarona @beacupin @lianbuan .@lianbuan discusses petition filed to cancel Bongbong Marcos' candidacy: I think more than the legal factor, mas makakaapekto sa kanila yung perception component because it rehashes something that a lot of us don't know.

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@jnery_newsstand @indayevarona @beacupin @lianbuan .@lianbuan: It brings up this past of BBM that he would rather not discuss kasi it goes against the narrative na walang na-convict sa kanila, ganoon yung narrative ng loyalists.

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@jnery_newsstand @indayevarona @beacupin @lianbuan .@lianbuan points out that while Partido Federal immediately issued a resolution adopting Sara as VP bet, Lakas-CMD wasn't so quick to say that BBM is their adopted standard bearer: Hanggang ngayon wala pa silang categorical na sinasabi na BBM is their president.

@jnery_newsstand @indayevarona @beacupin @lianbuan NGO worker Mags Maglana: Itong nangyayari is an example of withdrawal symptoms, at mad search for substitute that point to extreme addiction to power.

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@jnery_newsstand @indayevarona @beacupin @lianbuan Maglana: Marami ang naumay... 2021 na ngayon, sana umangat yung political strategy pero tumindi lang. Hindi bago ang substitution, pero ito yata yung at a national level, extreme ang pagamit nito.

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@jnery_newsstand @indayevarona @beacupin @lianbuan Maglana: Marami ang napaisip kung bakit kailangan tumakbo ang mag-ama, may mga threats ba na iniiwasan? Kung usapin naman ng interes, ano ang mga interes at kaninong interes ang pinapangalagaan?

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@jnery_newsstand @indayevarona @beacupin @lianbuan Maglana: Marami ang naniniwala na Sara could have done better as a presidential aspirant. Yung Davao kasi ay naging aktibo against dictatorship. Malaking sampal kung mag-aalign sila ni Bongbong Marcos Jr later.

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@jnery_newsstand @indayevarona @beacupin @lianbuan .@lianbuan: Yung alliance ba na Sara-BBM would be a turn-off or a strategic move?

Maglana: I think that's their hope to combine these powerful families.... but we cannot rule out itong mga mamamayan.

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@jnery_newsstand @indayevarona @beacupin @lianbuan .@indayevarona: If I were Bongbong Marcos, whether or not he's eventually supported by Sara's group, I'd be really nervous right now. Because any support for him will hinge on how well he can support President Duterte after 2022.

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