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The Transformation of Patron-Client Relations and its Political Consequences in Postwar Philippines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 April 2011

Amando Doronila
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The declaration of martial law in the Philippines by President Ferdinand Marcos on 21 September 1972 marked the overthrow of the open and competitive Filipino political system that had operated on the principle of institutional checks and balances adapted from the American model of liberal democracy. The Marcos power seizure represented a breakthrough by a coalition of the central Executive and new social forces that had emerged from the Philippines' transition to modernity against the constitutional restraints on presidential power. The new coalition, in which the military, the technocracy, and foreign economic interests were important components, succeeded in destroying the old balance of power, which had rested on the adversary relationship between the Chief Executive and Congress. The disbanding of Congress by emergency fiat reflected the decisive flew of power towards the Executive; for twenty-six years since independence, the legislature had acted as the main institutional check on the presidency.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 1985 , pp. 99 - 116
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 1985

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