[Rear View] The President needs to reclaim the narrative

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The President is not merely in trouble after his administration’s near-total failure to own the narrative of its presidency. At this point, he has lost control of the national discourse.

A year after the President’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA), the Marcos administration has yet to deliver economic relief to millions of ordinary Filipinos. The flood control corruption scandal has metastasized beyond the administration’s ability to contain it, and the swift justice he promised is proceeding at a glacial pace.

These are failures in governance. And they share the blame for the widespread dissatisfaction with the President.