Filipino public officials express in total candor what is in their minds or their hearts. It was DU30’s incessant talk about “killing” that ignited concern about human rights violations and extra-judicial killings in the war on drugs. Talkativeness in Aquino regimeThe escalation of offensive talk is not all due to DU30, and the crazy popularity of his style. Advice from a Nobel laureateThe malady of both Aquino and Duterte officials is that they talk too freely without thinking. But I think there is much to be said also for the homegrown counsel to public officials by former senator Genaro Magsaysay, brother to the late and revered Ramon Magsaysay.

Source: Manila Times October 27, 2017 16:30 UTC