That “something crazy” might actually happen

From my recent blog post “One year to God knows what”:
A brief two-sentence background: The 1987 Philippine Constitution limits the president to a single term of 6 years. Therefore, the current president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, cannot run in 2010 (unless they do something crazy like change up the constitution through Charter Change or something like that).
Well, [...]

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One year to God knows what

I have always had a greater interest in following the politics of the Philippines than the politics of the United States. Actually, the gap between the two was pretty big for me until the 2008 US presidential elections. Notwithstanding my past family involvement there, I’ve always thought that the drama, corruption, and unpredictability of Philippine [...]

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Imagine if Clinton or Obama did something like this here

First came across this from my cousin Kuya Carlo’s blog, “Only in the Philippines!”
Yep, the man below promoting Tide detergent is running for President in 2010. Very clever if you ask me.

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This is what happens when you oust a Speaker of the House

…He recounted the times he had stood to defend President Arroyo, and said, “It pains me grievously to hurt the President and to hurt the First Family because I have invested so much more than any of you in this chamber to help the President become Vice President, become President….”
Reporters later asked De Venecia whether [...]

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Executive clemency

We have this very important order signed by the President a few minutes ago. Let me read.
Whereas this administration has a policy of releasing inmates who have reached the age of 70;
Whereas, Joseph Ejercito Estrada has been under detention for six and a half years;
Whereas, Joseph Ejercito Estrada has publicly [...]

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