After the May Elections: Discontent and Instability
May-June 2007

The dust from the May 2007 elections is settling and the broad contours of the coming post-election period can already be made out. The country is entering another period of political in-fighting and instability, with the possibility of major upheavals in a few years’ time especially as the economic situation of the people worsens. At the same time, the unimpeded repressive trend of the governing elite augurs even worse prospects for Philippine democracy.

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After the May 2007 elections: Discontent and instability
Author: IBON Foundation Inc.

The dust from the May 2007 elections is settling and the broad contours of the coming post-election period can already be made out. The country is entering another period of ...

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