By Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio, Reporter
ANTONIO A. ROMANO, a 49-year-old taxi driver from Quezon City, is sick and tired of the same familiar names and faces that he sees every time he votes, many of them from well-entrenched political families.
“Politicians these days have become incredibly shameless,” he told BusinessWorld. “It’s as if politics has become their business, one that they fully own.”
Philippine midterm elections this month are expected to remain a family affair, with dynastic clans and celebrities likely to dominate the contest that analysts see as a proxy war between the Marcos and Duterte families.
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