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Politika ng Pilipinas. Politics in the Philippines are governed by a three-branch system of government. The country is a democracy, with a president who is directly elected by the people and serves as both the head of state and the head of government. The president serves as the leader of the executive branch and is a powerful political figure.
United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) Grand Alliance for Democracy (GAD) In 1992, UNIDO broke up and the Marcos loyalists coalesced with the other parties. Fidel V. Ramos ( Lakas – NUCD) won the presidential election and his supporters became the administration coalition. 1995. Lakas-Laban Coalition.
e. The 2022 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on May 9, 2022, as part of the 2022 general election. This was the 17th direct presidential election and 16th vice presidential election in the Philippines since 1935, and the sixth sextennial presidential and vice presidential election since 1992 .
The pre-existing elite was entrenched within the new political system, and the dominant Nacionalista Party steadily gained more control over its institutions. In 1935 the autonomous Commonwealth of the Philippines was established, giving the Philippines its own constitution and a powerful President.
The political positions of Rodrigo Duterte, the 16th President of the Philippines, have been difficult to define coherently into what some analysts have attempted to package as "Dutertism" or "Dutertismo" due to numerous policy shifts during his presidency.
Rodrigo Roa Duterte KGCR ( English: / dəˈtɜːrteɪ /, Tagalog: [ɾodˈɾiː.ɣo ˈɾoː.ɐ dʊˈtɛːɾ.tɛ] ⓘ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, [6] and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, [7] [8] is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022.
The New People's Army rebellion (often shortened to NPA rebellion, among other acronym-based names) is an ongoing conflict between the government of the Philippines and the New People's Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Marxist–Leninist–Maoist [3] [9] Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). It is the world's longest ongoing communist ...
Marcos has described his political views as "conservative" and "Machiavellian". [249] Before taking office, Marcos has been described in media reports as a populist. [250] [251] On social issues, he is in favor of legalizing abortion for rape and incest victims [252] [253] as well as divorce and same-sex unions.