Title: Position Paper regarding the failure of the Philippine
Presidential System.
Yes.
I terribly agree of Bastiaan van de Loo
that there is really a failure of the Philippine
presidential system.
From the beginning there is a failure occurred in election. From his
article, he stated that the “Philippine elections are won through a mix of popularity, populism, and money politics”.
This is true because on what I had observed on our town during election
electoral candidates practiced and exercised vote-buying which I felt
sorry for them (both the vote-buyers and to those who are sold) for
they don’t deserve to be called as an electoral candidate because they
don’t play a fair game to their opponents and it is a dirty thing of
doing. And also add to that the popularity of the candidate, which is
been added to the unofficial qualifications that if you are popular
with the masa, you have really a big chance in winning the election
which I also find wrong for there are unpopular candidates who will
maybe turn out good leaders if not perfect leaders.
There is also this “political dynasty”
that reflects the political doings of a particular
politician to its
family or any member of an elite group that will turn out to be a
politician and will continue the way how it is run by the first elected
politician.If this politician does good in his time of rein then no
problem, but what if not? And that’s the problem in there when it did
happen in our society today (but not to mention them) that turn out
bad. It is really alarming to see these things. And also the failure of
selecting a skillful political leadership which it is been hardly
displayed by the elected former and present president which I for
myself really doubt on the way they hold our country like in the
decision making and creating a strong state which we all need a
skillful leadership today. And most of all the oligarchy which he
stated in his article “….the
prospects for building a stronger Philippine state continues to be dim
as long as Philippine elected leaders fail to take a more independent
position from the oligarchy that continues to hold considerable social
control over the Philippine state “ which is really true for
these politicians are being dependent on these oligarchy and cannot
make their own decisions without these oligarchy. That is why we have a
dim chance in to build an independent and a stronger state.