Michael Henry Yusingco, Author at Asia Times

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Michael Henry Yusingco is a legislative and policy consultant, author of Rethinking the Bangsamoro Perspective, lecturer at the School of Law and Governance of the University of Asia and the Pacific and a non-resident research fellow at the Ateneo School of Government in Manila. He is also a regular contributor in various public affairs and media outlets in the Philippines and Australia.

Political dynasties are present in many countries, even those that identify as democracies. But traditional political families in the Philippines are so notorious that in 2012 a Sydney Morning Herald piece documented a “dynasty on steroids.” Notably, political dynasties in the Philippines continue to expand. A paper published by an academic think-tank, the Ateneo Policy […]