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Tough guy wins in the Philippines, another tough guy waiting in the wings

12th May 2016 / Damien Kingsbury / The Philippines

There may be more to the Philippines’ new president Rodrigo Duterte than his tough guy image indicates In the populist theatrics that are Filipino politics, the overwhelming election of Rodrigo Duterte should not have come as a surprise, even if comparisons with US ‘outsider’ Donald Trump have been as common as they are inaccurate. Unlike […]

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Atoning for the sins of the father

13th April 2016 / Michael Henry Yusingco / The Philippines

Bongbong Marcos’s bid for the vice-presidency could be a test for the maturity of Philippine democracy Around the period that the Philippines was under the authoritarian regime of Ferdinand Marcos (1965–86), South Korea was under the military dictatorship of Park Chung-hee (1963–79). The restoration of democracy in both countries was finally accomplished by popular revolt,

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Bongbong makes a move

17th March 2016 / Damien Kingsbury / The Philippines

The son of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos has set his sights on the country’s second-highest office in the coming elections It is perhaps a little unfair to say that only in the Philippines would the people consider electing a politician known by the otherwise clownish name of ‘Bongbong’. But equally, and arguably more fairly,

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New chance to end Mindanao’s religious divisions

16th February 2016 / Michael Henry Yusingco / The Philippines

The Philippine government has an opportunity to rethink its approach before general elections in May to ending long-standing divisions on the southern island of Mindanao Aboriginality on the southern Philippines island of Mindanao is distinguished between Lumad, a local dialect term meaning native or indigenous, and Moro, derived from the English word Moor and used

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The rocky road to federation in the Philippines

19th October 2015 / Michael Henry Yusingco / The Philippines

MICHAEL HENRY YUSINGCO questions the readiness of Filipinos to move towards a federal form of government. Federalism is a buzzword in the Philippines these days. A former chief justice of the Supreme Court, Reynato Puno, recently launched a highly publicised national renewal movement, Bagong Sistema, Bagong Pag-asa (New System, New Hope), calling for a change

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How political dynasties undermine local governance in the Philippines

24th September 2015 / Michael Henry Yusingco / The Philippines

MICHAEL YUSINGCO laments the malign effect of political dynasties on the Philippines. Most Filipinos would concede the country’s political system is controlled by traditional political families. A Sydney Morning Herald article in 2012, on the Marcos family, described the family as a ‘dynasty on steroids’—a term that could aptly be ascribed to many other political

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Tough guy wins in the Philippines, another tough guy waiting in the wings

Atoning for the sins of the father

Bongbong makes a move

New chance to end Mindanao’s religious divisions

The rocky road to federation in the Philippines

How political dynasties undermine local governance in the Philippines

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