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Duterte Doctrine revisited

Wednesday, 09 May 2018 14:52 Written by Lito Monico Lorenzana

LAST year, I wrote an article about the President’s firing of the perceived corrupt and incompetent members of his official family. The manner of these high-profile dismissals, I declared then, could be the core hypothesis of DU30’s emerging “whiff of…

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Millennials take on DU30 and EDCA

Wednesday, 02 May 2018 15:27 Written by Lito Monico Lorenzana

THE Centrist Democracy Political Institute (CDPI) has been accepting third-year college students as OJT interns (on the job training) for the past decade. We have been fortunate in having young people (aged 18 to 22 years), coming from different schools…

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The imperial presidency redux

Wednesday, 25 April 2018 16:04 Written by Lito Monico Lorenzana

LAST week’s column, “SC co-equal branch?” (TMT, April 18) discussed the “independence” of the judiciary visualized from the angle of the Sereno quo warranto petition, and the President’s purported non-involvement in this affair. Today’s column will touch on the role…

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The Supreme Court a co-equal branch?

Wednesday, 18 April 2018 14:57 Written by Lito Monico Lorenzana

IN the Philippines, scandals, tsismis and fake news (STF for short) are part of the daily news diet. I have no idea how many of our citizens care to read the papers or how many are active in social media.…

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How we spent our Holy Week

Wednesday, 11 April 2018 12:05 Written by Lito Monico Lorenzana

Semana Santa and the Jewish tradition WHEN I was in grade school, we were asked to write about how we spent our summer vacation or Christmas holidays and read them out in front of the class. But I couldn’t remember…

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Presidential system, patronage politics and political dynasties

Wednesday, 28 March 2018 12:08 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

WHEN the Consultative Committee (Con-com) last February 27, voted to uphold the status quo by defending the presidential system, I criticized the move in my Manila Times column (March 8, 2018). I quote:“But the most glaring defect of the presidential…

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Game of thrones (Part 2)

Thursday, 22 March 2018 11:35 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

Gloria, in excelsisPart 2“And here awaits one astute politician who may have calculated these permutations and may now be positioned for any eventuality.” (“Game of thrones, Part 1, The Manila Times, March 15, 2018)AFTER Ferdinand Marcos, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA)…

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Game of thrones

Thursday, 15 March 2018 11:49 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

THE HBO original series presented an interesting study of the political nature of our species, keeping the audience totally engrossed for the past seven seasons. Power, the use and misuse of power and even the non-use of power have been…

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