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HALALAN 2022: The Failed Activism and the Striving Populism

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  rmqphilosophy.blogspot.com HALALAN 2022: The Failed Activism and the Striving Populism by Ronald Michael Quijano ----- -.... .---- .---- ..--- ..---        The 2022 Philippine National Election will go down in history as one of the most important yet controversial. Especially now that the Marcos family has returned to Malacanang after the ousting of former President and dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. The same president who was removed from power in February 1986 following allegations of mass cheating, political turmoil, and human rights violations, which led to the People Power Revolution.   Other controversial outcomes are (1) the leading of the senatorial race of Robin Padilla, a Filipino action star, producer, politician, and who was convicted for illegal possession of firearms in 1994. The triumph of Jinggoy Estrada who faced plunder and graft charges in connection with their alleged involvement in the pork barrel scam that defrauded the government o...

Demagogue; The Philippine Political System

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Image courtesy of Spot.ph By Ronald Michael Quijano The core purpose of this essay is to give information and insights into how politics in the Philippines operates. If the reader of this essay intends to criticize my words against their political fanaticism, then the essay itself has no effect at all. The Philippines - considered to be a third-world country and most often listed as one of the most corrupt countries in the world - is on its edge of political and economic downfall. But most politicians are in the denial stage. Afraid to admit the truth to its nation and chose to conceal the dangers with their astonishing, incompetent, short-term projects. The people of the Philipines are easily persuaded by these types of political campaigns. Perhaps - as I can observe - the voters themselves are the ones who are leading the downfall of its nation. In this essay, I will be discussing the problems of the Philippine political system, and I believe, there’s no need for someone t...