access and opportunity to public office and service. One of the problem of our political system is the political dynasty. The existence of political dynasties in democratic cultures, particularly in a fortifying democracy, has inspired debate among scholars, policymakers and activists that are pro-democratic. In many instances, scholars, politicians, activists, and experts in politics have indicated that political dynasty is a falling block to a strong democracy, which is a destruction to the quality
restored the prevalence of the traditional political society. Accordingly, Eaton described this phenomenon as the restoration of the elites or the trapos (traditional politicians) whom have ruled way before the Marcos regime. Although this may be true, there has been an emergence of a strong presence of social mobilization which was not evident prior to the Marcos era. Likewise, the aforementioned statement implies how the post-Marcos Philippine political setting saw the transformation of the civil
this quote means. With the kind of government that we have, we can actually see and feel that the government really hates competitions. An example for this is the so called “Political Dynasty” which is now a big contention here in our country. So, what is political dynasty and why is it an issue? Political family/dynasty is a consecution of rulers, leaders or officials who are in the same family and line. This has been an immense issue here in our country this past few years and for me, this
captains, respectively (Manasan, 2004). Through the Local Government Code of 1991, the provision of basic services to their constituents and generation of revenues for their targeted expenditures were tasked to LGUs (The Local Government Code of the Philippines, 1991), consequently giving them greater financial autonomy. In 2004, Manasan noted that from 1991 to 2003, among major sectors that LGU heads allocate their budgets, social welfare services expenditure had a fastest growth rate at a 21.7 percent