Proponent/Claimant
Ferdinand T. Abocejo
Abstract
The Philippines is full of dynastic families that are the elites of the country, as what the people perceived of it. Political dynasty is very common in our country for the people tend to vote the families that are very influential and are rich. It is a problem in politics that is still present nowadays and that no law prohibiting political dynasty has been passed. Badian, Cebu is one of the towns that is being influenced by dynastic families, the Agravante and the Librando, now, being influenced by the Librando clan. Badian as a third class municipality, needs to improve economically as it is facing a lot of problems in its way to urbanization. The study aims to discover the local resident’s perception of political dynasty, why political dynasty continues to exist and how political dynasty shapes the political landscape of the town in order to find answers toward the attitude of the respondents of four selected barangays in Badian of political dynasty. As the researchers finished the conducting of surveys, the researcher interpreted the results and discovered that the local residents are voting Librando family for they trust them. Majority of the respondents put much of the members of one family in the positions for they think that the family can give attentions to their personal interests. The respondents are still voting the same members or relatives of the family even though there’s a prohibition from the Constitution because they still want to vote for them. The researchers recommend that residents should vote wisely for their future.
Name of Research Journal
Countryside Development research Journal
Volume and Issue No.
Vol. 3 (1) 2015
Date/Year of Publication
2015
Citation
Evangelio, J., & Abocejo, F. (2015). Political dynasty as perceived by residents of selected villages in Badian, Cebu City, Philippines. Countryside Development Research Journal, 3(01), 86-95.
