Let’s do it, if Congress won’t
The push gained momentum amid the flood control scandal, which Carpio has linked to the broader problem of political dynasties and their control over public…
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The push gained momentum amid the flood control scandal, which Carpio has linked to the broader problem of political dynasties and their control over public…
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Elections let people keep the leaders who do their jobs and remove those who do not.
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Numerous studies show political dynasties, optimizing their power and wealth, are superbugs in our body politic, doing things they are supposedly forbidden to…
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The CBCP backs an anti-political dynasty law after the Supreme Court directed Congress to enforce the constitutional ban on political dynasties.
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Each year of legislative inaction allows political inequalities, patronage and other problems associated with concentrated political power to persist.
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Carpio also said he and other advocates would pursue a people’s initiative to enact what he called a genuine anti-political dynasty law.
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The Supreme Court has ordered Congress to enact an anti-political dynasty law, ruling that its 39-year failure to fulfill the constitutional mandate amounted…
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Nobel laureate Mancur Olson argued that prosperity depends on secure property and contract rights protected from predation from within and without.
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At their core, the two high-profile officials share a common thread: both appear to have fallen outside the President’s protective political orbit.
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A conviction could remove Sara Duterte from office and dramatically reshape the political landscape, but it could also deepen the polarization.
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History is filled with instances of former presidents being prosecuted and imprisoned when a hostile successor takes office. This is where the problem and fear…
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The President should make this the defining political reform of his administration — and begin with a personal sacrifice.
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