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Analysis: Duterte and Marcos Dynasties Offer Differing Visions of Philippines
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5/12/2025
The Philippines midterms are throwing a light on the rivalry between the Marcos and Duterte dynasties. TaiwanPlus asks Manila-based political analyst Tony La Viña what's at stake as voting gets underway.
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What is at stake in these Philippines midterms?
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What is at stake is, of course, democracy,
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whether democracy can deliver the outcomes that many people want in the Philippines.
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But there is also a personal thing at stake, which is the fight between Duterte,
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the former president Duterte, and the current administration of President Marcos.
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Who will prevail in the senatorial elections?
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Half the 24 seats in the Senate are up for election.
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And the results of that could have an impact on how the Senate votes
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in an impeachment trial of the vice president, Sara Duterte.
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Is that really what this election is about?
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Superficially, it is. In other words, if you break it down into personalities,
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that's the way to understand these elections.
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Usually, the administration gets a majority of the senatorial race, the winning senators.
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Marcos will get that. But how big is it? That is not sure.
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It looks like there will be at least two, but up to four or even six.
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That would be a clear rebuke to Marcos if six senatorial candidates identified with Duterte
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make it to the top 12.
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And if we look into their policies and what they say about
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how they are going to make Filipinos' lives better, what differentiates the Dutertes and the Marcoses?
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Well, they are differentiated in terms of what they are promising to the people.
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The Dutertes are promising a return to the war against drugs.
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They claim that there was no crime during the time, which is, of course, false and not true.
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While the Marcoses are claiming that life is better now, which is also not true.
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To be honest, the people are faced with choices that are not really the best choices
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because these political families have been bad for the country.
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