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February 20, 2026
From fat to obese. That’s how a 2019 paper by the Ateneo School of Government described the dominance of political dynasties in the Philippines. Analyzing data from 1988 to 2019, the paper found that family dynasts have tightened their grip on all local positions from 19 percent in 1988 to 29 percent in 2017, or some 170 positions per election period. From 1,303 political clans with two family members, 257 political clans with three family
