Key Points
- Professor Cleo Anne Calimbahin, Senior Research Fellow of the ANU Philippines Institute said that many believed the UniTeam alliance was not destined to last.
- Canberra based Professor Calimbahin says the Anti-dynasty bill may never be passed into law.
- Professor Calimbahin believes that the May 2025 mid-term elections can go either way.
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Politika sa Pilipinas: Bakit nga ba nabubuwag ang mga alyansa at patuloy ang political dynasties?
SBS Filipino
21/03/202513:59
We ask Professor Cleo Anne Calimbahin, Senior Research Fellow of the ANU Philippines Institute and Professor at the Political Science Department De La Salle University about the implications of the recent events surrounding former President Duterte's arrest in the coming May 2025 mid-term elections.
If they've been in power for 30 years; the political machinery would work well. There is also a personal style to it, they develop personal relations with their constituents; and they become their Ninong, Ninang. That is why they attend weddings, baptisms, and funerals. There's that personal touch at the same time there is the machinery that seems to work for them.Professor Cleo Anne Calimbahain, Senior Research Fellow of the ANU Philippines Institute and Political Science Dept, De La Salle University on political dynasties in the Philippines.
While many Filipinos live abroad, many continue to aspire to retire in the Philippines. There is also very strong family ties. Between the nostalgia and strong family ties, it pulls Filipinos back homeProfessor Cleo Anne Calimbahain, Senior Research Fellow of the ANU Philippines Institute and Political Science Dept, De La Salle University on why many Filipinos living overseas continue to be invested in Philippine current events.
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