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I wonder what former Bayan Muna House Representative Teddy Casiño is describing as President Rodrigo Duterte’s “brand of authoritarianism” when what he has been ordering implemented is within the context of the 1987 Constitution. The rise of populism was fueled by neoliberal ideology to deliver on its promised gains in developed countries. The template is…
The South China Sea dispute has been in the news cycle ever since President Rodrigo Duterte announced a shift in Philippine foreign policy after he was sworn into office in 2016. It was one that would not be closely-aligned with the United States as the former colonial master but an independent foreign policy where the…
Interesting thread posted by Doy Santos on Twitter where he points out how “[many] thought [President Rodrigo Duterte] would revamp the post-EDSA charter, just as [former President Ferdinand Marcos] did with the old republic, to extend his stay in Malacanang. He is proving that there are ways within the present system that allows him to…
Mareng Winnie is slipping. You’d think she would have learned a bit about political theatre since the time that she ran for the Senate in 2001 and lost. She also dropped the ball with her defunct public affairs program on GMA with Oca Orbos and what she has running now — or has that been…
The nitty-gritty. Voter preference can be broken down extensively now because the technology is there. But it does not make much sense to do so because it all boils down to no-brainer hot-button issues that the majority of the public is concerned about. In a pandemic environment, it is about survival. When in survival mode,…
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Inquirer columnist and former Communications Undersecretary Manuel L Quezon III (MLQ3) gives a political timeline for candidates and the public alike in his piece today “Why ‘pre-campaigning’ is necessary”… While officially speaking, Feb. 8-May 7, 2022, is the official campaign period for national positions, and March 25-May 7, 2022, is the official campaign period for…
Political reforms aren’t forthcoming any time soon. The perfect opportunity to institute them was just after the 1986 “revolution” when Cory Aquino established a revolutionary government after she was installed as President. Unfortunately, this was wasted because the commissioners to the Constitutional Commission basically reinstated the political system in place before the 1973 Constitution was…
Where will Senator Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao, the political Peter Pan land in the aftermath of the PDP-Laban national assembly on July 17 where his ouster is certain? Definitely not the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) of former Vice President Jejomar Binay. If he’s not able to mend his rift with President Rodrigo Duterte then in all…