A good way to maintain the silence of mass media critics is to appoint their family members and close relatives to juicy positions in the government.
Autocrats, like Duterte, have mastered the arts of political patronage, rent-seeking, and subsidizing special interest groups and oligarchs.
It is very easy on the part of politicians and bureaucrats to spend and exploit taxpayers' money and parcel out government positions.
Other People's Money (OPM) is the number one resource of politicians, bureaucrats and technocrats.
Typical Dutertardism
