TY - JOUR
T1 - Duterte presidency and the 2019 midterm election
T2 - An anarchy of parties?
AU - Kasuya, Yuko
AU - Teehankee, Julio C.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank two anonymous reviewers and the editors of the PPSJ for their useful comments. We are also grateful for the superb assistance of Kevin M. Agojo and Jochebed D. dela Cruz. This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 18H00816.
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In this article, we argue that a consequence of Duterte's presidency is the further weakening of the party system in the Philippines, or the emergence of "anarchy of parties." Traditionally, Philippine presidents used their power of patronage in a quidpro-quo manner vis-A-vis the legislators to achieve presidents' goals, and this executivelegislative transaction was coordinated mainly through the president's party. However, evidence suggests that Duterte bypassed Congress to achieve his policies by riding on his popularity and did not have to use his power of pork to co-opt politicians. As a result, the president's party decreased its value as a coordination device for congressional affairs and party nominations at elections. Consequently, what we observe is an anarchy of parties where inter-party competition has become even more fluid and fragmented than before the Duterte presidency. We provide corroborative evidence to support our claim by mainly focusing on the 2019 midterm elections.
AB - In this article, we argue that a consequence of Duterte's presidency is the further weakening of the party system in the Philippines, or the emergence of "anarchy of parties." Traditionally, Philippine presidents used their power of patronage in a quidpro-quo manner vis-A-vis the legislators to achieve presidents' goals, and this executivelegislative transaction was coordinated mainly through the president's party. However, evidence suggests that Duterte bypassed Congress to achieve his policies by riding on his popularity and did not have to use his power of pork to co-opt politicians. As a result, the president's party decreased its value as a coordination device for congressional affairs and party nominations at elections. Consequently, what we observe is an anarchy of parties where inter-party competition has become even more fluid and fragmented than before the Duterte presidency. We provide corroborative evidence to support our claim by mainly focusing on the 2019 midterm elections.
KW - Duterte
KW - Philippines
KW - elections
KW - party systems
KW - populism
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U2 - 10.1163/2165025X-BJA10007
DO - 10.1163/2165025X-BJA10007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85096238690
VL - 41
SP - 106
EP - 126
JO - Philippine Political Science Journal
JF - Philippine Political Science Journal
SN - 0115-4451
IS - 12
ER -