Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 21:31:42 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang is leaving it to the “good conscience” of the country’s lawmakers to pass a measure banning political dynasties in the Philippines.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 21:19:40 +0000
Track record, sheer tenacity, sufficient resources and some last-minute wheeling and dealing, helped influential political families retain control of their bailiwicks in Luzon and the Visayas.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 23:25:44 +0000
What was once meant to be a reform measure, the party-list system has “deteriorated” over the last two decades into a mechanism in which those who belong to political dynasties are able to perpetuate themselves in power.
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