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    1.

    POLITICAL ISSUE
    A. POLITICAL DYNASTY
    The results of the elections highlighted the dominance of political dynasties in the
    country. With all 80 provinces littered with political families, 74 percent of the
    elected members of the House of Representatives came from such dynastic groups.
    Despite overwhelming recognition that political dynasties breed patronage politics
    and corruption, no substantial steps have been undertaken to address this issue.
    Dynasties have existed since the beginning of Philippine politics. They are social
    realities that can be traced to the emergence of a cacique class from the Spanish
    colonial era and, in several cases, the creation of new elites under the Marcos
    regime. To put it crudely, dynastic politicians are not entirely to blame, given that
    they too are products of the principalía’s evolution into the modern-day elite.
    To accept this as part of our contemporary reality, however, is to be oblivious of
    political dynasties’ abuse of our weak democratic structures. One of the main
    promises of representative democracy is its commitment to future redistribution of
    material wealth and political power that were accumulated through historic
    injustices. What’s wrong with political dynasties is that instead of working towards
    the creation of equitable political structures, they have further strengthened the
    barriers to political inclusion of traditionally disenfranchised citizens such as
    peasants, workers, indigenous and other minority groups. In particular, “individuals
    who win their first race by a small margin” are “four times more likely to have
    relatives in office in the future” compared to “individuals who run but lose by a
    narrow margin and never serve.” These are revealing in that they expose how
    relatives of previous incumbents exclusively benefit from the political investments
    of their predecessors which, in turn, consolidates disproportionate political power in
    a few families.

    B. GRAFT AND CURRUPTION


    The Philippines suffers from widespread corruption, which developed during
    the Spanish colonial period.[2][3] According to GAN Integrity's Philippines Corruption
    Report updated May 2020, the Philippines suffers from many incidents of corruption
    and crime in many aspects of civic life and in various sectors. Such corruption risks
    are rampant throughout the state's judicial system, police service, public
    services, land administration, and natural resources.
    Examples of corruption in the Philippines
    include graft, bribery, cronyism, nepotism, impunity, embezzlement, extortion, rack
    eteering, fraud, tax evasion, vote buying, lack of transparency, lack of sufficient
    enforcement of laws and government policies, and consistent lack of support
    for human rights

    2. CULTURAL SECTOR
    A. Filipinos as tribal minded

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