No real political parties, just politicians

The Manila Times 25 Aug Philippines

LAST week, I argued that the Philippines possesses an abundance of politicians but practically no genuine political parties. This would merely be another amusing defect of Philippine democracy were it not for what I am proposing. I have long advocated replacing our unitary-presidential system with a parliamentary system, eventually operating within a federal republic. There is, however, an inconve

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