INSIGHTS

Telibert Laoc

Sangguniang Kabataan Elections: Where female candidates abound, but not by much

Females comprised 43 percent of the candidates in the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK or village youth council) elections last month. This was...

Democratic Insights Group

Video: A Systemic View of What Ails Philippine Politics (PCIJ Roundtable)

DIG's Telibert Laoc and Luie Guia discuss the interrelated conditions that affect democratic representation in the Philippines during a...

Telibert Laoc

Philippine Politics: Wanting True Democratic Representation

Philippine politics has come up short. It has not provided true democratic representation in society. The World Economic Forum refers to...

Telibert Laoc

Hope in Philippine Politics: In-School Youth in the Sangguniang Kabataan

There were no candidates in over 11,000 of the 360,000 (3 percent) elective positions in the Sangguniang Kabataan elections in 2018. ...

Telibert Laoc

Comments and Recommendations on Senate Bill 179 (Jul. 07 2022)

The Democratic Insights Group thanks Project PARTICIPATE for its invitation on November 7 to “review and recommend areas for amendments...

Telibert Laoc

Comments on Cabinet Bill No. 29, An Act Providing for the Bangsamoro Electoral Code

The Democratic Insights Group, a non-profit organization under Philippine laws, respectfully offers its comments on Bill No. 29. These...

Telibert Laoc

A closer look at Maguindanao in the 2019 elections (Part 1 of 2)

The Philippine Commission on Elections reported that in the 2019 elections Maguindanao province had the most number of unopposed...

Telibert Laoc

Candidates Win Unopposed, But Who Loses? (Part 3 of 3)

What could be done to address the issue of unopposed candidacies? What interventions could eliminate any situation where voters would...

Telibert Laoc

Candidates Win Unopposed, But Who Loses? (Part 2 of 3)

Why could 15 percent or 36 out of 243 contests for district representative to Congress in the 2019 election be unopposed? To better...

Telibert Laoc

Candidates Win Unopposed, But Who Loses? (Part 1 of 3)

The elections on May 13, 2019 in the Philippines saw a number of candidates who ran without opponents. Data from the Commission on...