Transparency International has released the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index which ranks the nations of the world by widely held perceptions regarding corruption in the public sector. Of note is the fact that the top ten nations and beyond all have parliamentary political systems while the bottom ten and beyond each […]
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An Archaic Constitution Scares Off Foreign Direct Investment From The Philippines
Unlike other successful world leaders, Rodrigo Duterte is going to be punished for his success due to the obscurantist practice of term limits. In July of 2022, Duterte will be forced from power not because of a democratic decision but because of the artificial imposition of arbitrary term limits. Inversely […]
In a Parliamentary System, Duterte Could Use His Popularity as Political Capital
From his election in the summer of 2016 to the present day, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has held consistently high national approval ratings across multiple qualifying categories and across multiple regions of his diverse country. According to a new poll from Social Weather Stations (SWS) measuring Duterte’s popularity in the 4th […]