It will be lonely and challenging at the top but President Aquino promised to give his successor, presumptive president Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte a “leg up” and advised him to always trust the Lord and do what is right for the people. “You will feel more and more alone the longer you’re there. You will have more and more complex problems that have to be dealt with, and the public will say ‘yesterday,’” Aquino said in a recent interview with CNN Philippines when asked about his advice to his successor. “But at the end of the day, I guess if you are focused on our people and you have trust in God, you follow your instincts, you will get to where you want to go,” Aquino added. Duterte, the 71-year-old tough talking mayor of Davao City, is set to clinch the presidency after earning more than 15 million votes in the [...]
