President Duterte became the 'great disruptor' to centuries of buddy system between the country's leaders and the so-called oligarchy, according to House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano.
President Duterte became the “great disruptor” to centuries of buddy system between the country’s leaders and the so-called oligarchy, according to House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano.“Almost from the time of our independence, the fate of Philippine presidents have been tragically intertwined with either their colonial masters, or in their partnerships with the oligarchy,” Cayetano wrote on a lengthy Facebook post Sunday night.
Cayetano offered this take roughly a week after the House Committee on Legislative Franchises voted against renewing the broadcast franchise of the Lopez-owned ABS-CBN. “The history of the Philippines is replete with cautionary tales of how our patrimony and wealth have been plundered by big business and the oligarchy in combination with the political elite. Of how government officials, acting on orders from their corporate patrons, craft or tear down laws for the sake of the profit,” Cayetano said.
“Now, in connection with my recent statements on ABS-CBN and how it relates to the dismantling of the oligarchy in the Philippines, it seems to have struck a raw nerve among people – some of whom are close friends of mine – causing them to shift from the faulty narrative of ‘defending press freedom’ to the real issue of how they can maintain the status quo by redefining the oligarchic system in the Philippines,” he said.
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