Over the past few months, I have had the privilege of meeting and extensively interviewing among the most fascinating political figures, ranging from Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzna (twice) and former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to DILG Secretary Eduardo Ano, Senator Antonio Trillanes, and, of course, Justice Antonio Carpio, among other senior officials and statesmen.
Mind you: This doesn’t include off-cam exchanges with remarkable female leaders, including Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen and Vice-President Leni Robredo; as well as my favorite contemporary Filipino president, Fidel Ramos. We are hoping to interview, among others, President Rodrigo Duterte in coming months, of course. In short, it has been few months of humbling encounters with remarkable persons across the political spectrum.