For almost a week, Filipinos were all agog over the sudden twists and turns of a head-spinning political drama. Central to its plot - who will be the presidential candidate of the outgoing Duterte administration.
The original game plan had President Rodrigo Duterte's official party PDP-Laban fielding Senator Ronald dela Rosa for the post, even though he was seen as a placeholder for the president's daughter, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.
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