Speakers cheer up pro-Duterte rallyists at Edsa

MANILA, Philippines — “History repeats itself,” said an elderly man on the mic as he stood beside an improvised sound system late at night on November 26 at the Edsa Shrine in Pasig City.

The man, one of the impromptu speakers at a gathering of supporters of embattled Vice President Sara Duterte, was referring to the significance of the Shrine in kicking out presidents like Ferdinand E. Marcos in 1986 and Joseph Estrada in 2001.