Topic: Dynasties
Wealthy Ruling elites grab the congressional seats reserved for the poor
June 4, 2013 ·
At least 29 out of 53 party list reps proclaimed by Comelec are from political clans, former government officials, multi-millionaires by Arnold Padilla (Radical’s Nut) More than two weeks after the May 2013 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has finally proclaimed, albeit still incomplete, the winning party list groups. Looking at the composition of […]
Read More...END OF AN ERA: Unknown bets beat Gordons, Magsaysays in Olongapo .
May 19, 2013 ·
A controversial family dynasty comes to a humiliating end. For the first time in nearly half a century, no member of the Gordon family holds any government position. Former senator Richard “Dick” Gordon failed to regain his old seat. His younger brother, James “Bong” Gordon, lost the congressional race in the First District […]
Read More...Monopoly of Political power
December 31, 2012 ·
FR. JUN MERCADO OMI (Oblates of Mary Immaculate) November 6, 2012 5:33pm 131 3 5 276 We are about seven months from the May 2013 mid-term elections, but the early filing of certificates of candidacy has exposed in an “indecent” way the political families that continue to dominate Philippine politics since World War II. Beginning […]
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