In this series on political dynasties in 2022, Rappler takes a close look at the persons and families who wield tremendous power and continue to have a firm grip on their respective localities. PHVote WeDecide
Editor’s Note: Political dynasties currently occupy 29% of local posts, up from only 19% in 1988. They hold 80% of the country’s gubernatorial posts, compared to only 57% in 2004. In Congress, they now control about 67% of seats from 48% in 2004.
Rising out of Lubao, hometown of two former presidents – Diosdado Macapagal and his daughter, Gloria Arroyo – the clan has held power for the last three decades. Delta’s challenger in the 2022 gubernatorial race, former Candaba mayor Danilo Baylon, also represents a political clan. His wife Aniway is running in their hometown’s mayoralty race. While the clan and Arroyo campaign for two other offspring of presidents, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte, the shadow of Pineda patriarch, Rodolfo, nicknamed “Bong,” looms over the province’s socio-economic landscape.
The entry of the Pinedas to politics coincided with a great economic leap in the province’s economy. In his 2012 report for the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, “Mafia-style Domination: The Philippine Province of Pampanga,”
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