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A discourse analysis on FP Rodrigo R. Duterte's language

Malacanan sa Sugbu Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte may no longer be in public service. His tenure as president of the country officially finished at noon on the 30th of June 2022 after serving the Filipinos for a single term of six years, but his brand of campaigning, his language used in public speeches, and his mannerisms manifested in public is really - worth studying and understanding particularly among the younger generation of Filipinos.  In this post, we'll try to analyze the controversial language that former President Rodrigo R. Duterte used in his public speeches and why he is still popular among the Filipinos more than a year after he stepped down from office in 2022.  Like the previous administrations, the administration of former president Rodrigo R. Duterte also had its share of issues and controversies ranging from his friendly relationship with neighboring China, corruption in his administration, and his administration's controversial bloody drug war whic