Tag: election 2022

Philippines running out of qualified leaders because current system encourages stupid politicians

July 6, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments

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…

Charter Change, Politics, Society

PDP-Laban circus leaves Manny Pacquiao a political orphan, possibly split Duterte admin camp

July 5, 2021July 5, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

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…

Politics

Politicians genuinely concerned about the future of the Philippines will make EDUCATION a top election issue

July 5, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 2 Comments

PhilSTAR columnist Boo Chanco in his piece today laments “our compromised future” writing how a “fast-growing young population not equipped with the skills to help themselves and the economy to move forward faster” making for a “grim” future considering that “it will take more than two or three presidencies to overhaul DepEd and get our…

Education

Desperate Opposition and dismal Robredo popularity amid rising Marcos numbers confirm fraud that cost Marcos VP win in 2016

July 5, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

In his Inquirer piece “President Robredo”, Joel Ruiz Butuyan refers to a “political force” that, Buntuyan suggests, could include former supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte who are “completely disillusioned now, and don’t want his chosen candidate as his successor.” He also proposes that members of this political force “concede that Vice President Leni Robredo is…

Politics

Manny Pacquiao’s cheap talk on government corruption won’t solve it

July 4, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 12 Comments

I waited for Senator Manny”Pac-Man” Pacquiao’s exposé on corruption in various government agencies before writing about what I experienced about corruption in government at the level of a public educational institution. Corrupt government employees are socio-psychopaths. Most of them have a distorted sense of values. They’re engaged in corrupt practices but like to think they’re…

Crime, Government

Strong nation, iron fist rule may be the path forward for the Philippines

July 4, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Is Professor Randy David giving up on liberal democracy and being a progressive leftist militant? The ideology of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is based on Maoist principles and yet, it is convenient for them to mouth insults and pro-Philippine epithets against their former patrons. Yet here is David seemingly touching on the…

History, Politics

The insanity that is the Philippine Presidential System—Why “voting wisely” never works

July 4, 2021 PulbuRonn 3 Comments

The Presidential system, in the case of the Philippines, is a hit-or-miss phenomenon. You get a random Joe to run for the highest office in the land in a once-in-a-lifetime chance and hold said office for 6 years. If he’s bad, at least he’ll get to ruin the country for only 6 years. If he’s…

Charter Change, Government, Politics

Candidates wanting to mount a CREDIBLE challenge to Duterte should avoid fake campaign “consultants”

July 3, 2021 Ramon Ortoll 1 Comment

The now self-appointed “Chief Political Analyst” and Dr La Salle University professor Antonio Contreras details in his Manila Times piece “Surveying beyond who is leading: Looking into the minds of voters” a survey on “what drives voters to make certain preferences and choices”. The survey, Contreras writes, aims to inform candidates making a bid for…

Business, Politics