MSOpinion More dynasties Media and the academicians of this nation keep ranting against the political dynasties, but the more they cry for change, the more things remain the same
This was the ethno-linguistic base which brought Davao City mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte to Malacanang.
Retired senator Franklin Drilon is the power behind Iloilo City, with his ally, Mayor Trenas, always in the saddle in the city. Antique has a new dynasty shaping up, courtesy of Sen. Loren Legarda, who traces her ancestral roots to the Gella family of the province, and succeeded in getting her brother Tony Jr. elected congressman last May 2022.
Bohol has seen the Aumentado family back in power, while the districts remain in the hands of Ed Chatto, himself a former governor. Eastern Samar has Ben Evardone thwarting the Gonzaleses of Guiuan. Western Samar is now firmly in the hold of the Tan dynasty, just as the Espinas control the island province of Biliran.The Waray country is firmly Romualdez, now led by the Speaker of the House himself, Martin, while the south is in the hands of the Loretos of Baybay, with the former governor Remedios ‘Matin’ Loreto-Petilla’s son, Ikot, now the governor after succeeding his brother Dominic.
In Zamboanga City, Majority Floorleader Mannix Dalipe has thwarted both the Climacos and the Lobregats, long-term political titans of the city of flowers. In Surigao del Norte, it’s the Matugas family in the northern towns and city as well as Siargao and the pother islands, while Ace Barbers holds mining towns of the mainland, and succeeded to have his brother Lyndon back as governor.
Davao del Sur is Cagas whose forebears are the long-time Davao dynasts, the Almendrases and Davao Occidental is virtually “owned” by the Bautista dynasty. Finally, in the BARMM, Mujiv Hataman now controls Basilan while the Adiong’s and cousin Balindong, control the politics of Lanao del Sur. Visayas contributes 20 percent, while Mindanao, 23 percent of the national vote, give and take effects of recent migration.
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