Political Dynasty in the Philippines

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The clearest manifestation of the oligarchy in the Philippines and how it impacts politics is the existence of Political Dynasties. Political Dynasties usually crop up from a good forerunner who is loved by his or her voters. After the forerunner's term, it is passed on to other members of the family reminiscent of empires where there is a succession of hereditary rulers. But, let me ask something is political dynasty something that is permissible, alarming, or should it be accepted as part of the Filipino political culture? Is it normal and cannot be avoided, but it has been often contented that political dynasties go against the values sustained by democracy since it does not provide an equal opportunity for people to hold offices of power service.

I can say that Political Dynasty undoubtedly plays an influential role in Philippine Society. Binays are the given example but there are so many. Political dynasties have advantages and also disadvantages, political dynasty is good if the family is not corrupt and because their families had been in the same workplace as they are, they might also have an ability to lead and they know how to handle a certain scenario and it's disadvantages is the lack of skill and the lack of knowledge of the candidates that may ruin our political system or worse, our country. Political dynasty is said to monopolize the system of governance since it limits the chances of other common Filipinos to serve other people. It creates a brain drain in the sense that the new and capable leader who could possibly perform better, would not be given an opportunity when running against someone with a name because people nowadays vote those people who they already know. I f we tolerated this kind of decision making our country may be dragged down because politicians will always protect and prioritize only their own family's interest.

-Vergara, Denniese Erin