Lee’s People’s Action Party, as in the 1950s, continues to control the press through Singapore Press Holdings. The average length of strongman rule in these Asian countries was 23 years; Marcos’ held on to power only for 13 years. Is there a case for claiming that strongman rule didn’t work here, since Marcos’ strongman rule did not last as long as those in other countries did? The tiger economies all grew under strongman rule. The weakening of his strongman rule was even paralleled by the weakening of his body.

Source: Manila Times May 06, 2018 16:41 UTC