Richard Heydarian on the rise of authoritarian populists
Howie Severino Presents · GMA News
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Show Notes
“People just want a radical departure.” For political analyst and author Prof. Richard Heydarian, due to frustrations with decades of democratic promises, many Filipinos particularly politically ambivalent median voters, are desperate for change that they would fall for anyone who is “radically different.”
With victory almost certain, another Marcos will occupy Malacañang Palace after the People Power Revolution that ousted his family in 1986.
Heydarian shares his insights on how this may affect Philippine democracy and foreign policy.
Listen more in this conversation recorded on May 17, 2022.
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