Former Duterte chief of staff shares lessons learned

Having been Rodrigo Duterte’s chief of staff for almost a decade while he was mayor and congressman, Patmei Ruivivar shared with Rappler lessons she learned from the president-elect. Ruivivar’s 4 key takeaways from her experience working with Duterte: he’s a strict taskmaster, he hates bureaucracy, he values character over skill, and injustice makes him very angry. Ruivivar also said that Duterte is an “acquired taste,” and is not “love at first sight,” but will grow on you.

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