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- Title: Populism and the Revival of Reform: Competing Political Narratives in the Philippines (Report)
- Author : Contemporary Southeast Asia
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 316 KB
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The announcement by actor-politician Joseph Ejercito Estrada in October 2009 that he would run again for the presidency in the May 2010 election (dubbed his "take two" candidacy) sent a collective shiver through the Philippine political elite and business oligarchy. Estrada had been deposed as President by an elite-led "people power" coup in 2001. Accused of massive malfeasance in office, Estrada was placed under house arrest, convicted and sentenced to a long-term jail term for plunder in 2007. Following the granting of an amnesty by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo a month later, he quickly let it be known that he had no intention of abiding by his promise not to seek the country's highest office again. (2) Yet with Estrada trailing far behind the front runners at the time of this writing, it appears his "movie star populism" does not have the same electoral appeal it once did. Instead, another presidential candidate, Senator Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar Jr., has adapted populism to a changing political environment. Drawing on his own staggering wealth to finance what is probably the campaign's most extensive political machinery, he has developed what can be termed "applied populism" which employs his "rags-to-riches" story as a metaphor for his vision of a wealthy Philippines. Instead of appealing to voters based primarily on his screen personality like Estrada, he offers immediate financial assistance to poor contestants on televisions shows hosted by his actor allies. (3)
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