Introduction The idea of governance is not new. The exact meaning of governance that is being spoken about hinges on the level of governance, the goals to be accomplished and the approach being followed. According to the World Bank’s 1989 report, "Good governance is epitomized by predictable, open and enlightened policy-making, a bureaucracy imbued with a professional ethos acting in furtherance of the public good, the rule of law, transparent processes, and a strong civil society participating in
one party even UP has come as its antagonist. But around 1980s and 1990s, Mamogale (n.d), argues that many African states adopted a multiparty democracy based on two distinct systems of governance: parliamentary and presidential . Countries, such as South Africa has adopted a parliamentary system of governance with multi-party system. These political changes were brought up by the political parties, which were seen then as liberation movements
It’s for Marcos own sake to extend his term as president. Under the 1935 constitution, it limits the term of the president to no more than eight consecutive years in governance. Marcos extended the period of Martial Law beyond the end of his term in 1973. Marcos described his martial law government as “constitutional authoritarianism”. Perhaps the constitution did not say that martial law will last, it is the president personal decision. Although the courts remained in the judiciary, the judges of