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Ateneo’s lack of transparency after the deaths of its players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili becomes fodder for Duterte supporters and their Luzon versus Mindanao messaging
Online networks of the Duterte base were quick to ride on the public rage over Ateneo de Manila University’s (ADMU) delayed reactions and piecemeal information in the aftermath of the deaths of its basketball players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili.
Public Facebook posts about the deaths surfaced various pro-Duterte pages calling out Ateneo for failing the Mindanaoan Baterbonia, according to an analysis of data forensics group The Nerve.
This Luzon-Mindanao divide was prominent in the populist campaign of Rodrigo Duterte during the 2016 presidential election, which sought to sow a rift between the “elite” Tagalog-speaking community and the Bisaya-speaking regions. Duterte, who speaks Bisaya, is the first president from Mindanao.
