Trust and elections
Trust is supposed to be an essential element in an election.
Trust is supposed to be an essential element in an election.
Bluntly put, Filipino politicians tend to have very bad reputations. Greedy, thieving, dishonest, opportunistic, corrupt, callous, and self-interested are the adjectives that immediately come to mind.
To many families, politics is a family business. And they prefer it to be a monopoly.
Christopher Lawrence Go, popularly known as Bong Go, special assistant to President Duterte until last Monday, made a mark in the country’s electoral history by filing his certificate of candidacy for senator the 2019 midterm elections accompanied no less by the highest official of the land.