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Government & Politics
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Government & Politics
Who Gets to Run
The Constitution asks a candidate for president to be 40, a natural-born citizen, a resident, and able to read and write. No degree, no experience, no exam. Whether that should change is an older argument than it looks.
Government & Politics
Communism and Capitalism
The Philippines is a market economy with protectionist clauses written into its Constitution, a communist insurgency in its sixth decade, and a live fight over both. The abstract debate obscures how specific the local one is.
Government & Politics
Confidential Funds
What confidential funds are, the disclosure law that was never written, and how ₱612.5 million left Land Bank in cash across seven cheques.
Government & Politics
Charter Change
How the 1987 Constitution can be changed, why no attempt has ever reached a ratification plebiscite, and what each route would cost.