Title: Absent Without Leave, Director: Lau Kek Huat Hummingbird Productions, 2016 In February 2017, a documentary film titled Absent Without Leave that featured former members of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) as its main subject, was […]
… And How We Might Think About Reforms that Could Undermine Their Entrenchment. Elections in the Philippines are a family affair. Family dynasties control the political landscape, fielding candidates at all levels of government. The […]
As a general rule, scandals ruin political careers. But this rule does not seem to apply to every political figure equally. Political figures who maintain an image of being virtuous, or at least civil or decent, seem […]
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