After raising the specter of a military takeover and brushing aside the constitutional provision on succession, President Duterte on Saturday said his announced plan to resign was just an “afterthought” – borne out of frustration over the continuing drug menace and corruption, the Philippine Star reports. Exasperated by what he termed as “endless” fight against graft and corruption, Duterte said previously on Sunday that he was thinking of resigning and hand the presidency to a more competent leader who can solve the country’s problems. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte thinks political dynasties are bad. But the way the prevailing political winds are blowing, it looks like a dynasty of his own might be taking shape, according to Reuters.