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Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on Political dynasties and public accountability.
The impeachment trial, instead of dragging Sara down, has become a platform to present herself as the victim of a political vendetta.
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State actors and various political interest groups use huge resources peddling narratives which, for the most part, are effective in amplifying pre-existing…
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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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Maybe that really is how the Dutertes do family: fierce loyalty, strict privacy.
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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 Philippines has elevated impunity into an art form, aided by a weaponized legal system and an electorate acclimated to mediocrity.
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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 directs Congress to enact an anti-political dynasty law, ruling that the legislature has a mandatory constitutional duty under Article II,…
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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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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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Variations on the wheelchair routine flourished, usually including hospital detention, which notably former president Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada made trendy.
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For all we know, the script is still being written: hospitalization, special treatment, legal maneuvering, delays — then a convenient way out .
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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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