Tag: parliamentary reform

Philippine Reform: Here’s Why Parliamentary Systems Breed Less Corruptions Than Presidential Systems

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 […]

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 […]