My report for Contemporary development.

1. Political Party
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2. What is a Political Party?
 A political party (from Latin: pars,
Genitive partis, "part", "portion") is
a political organization that
typically seeks to influence
government policy, usually by
nominating candidates with aligned
political views and trying to seat
them in political office.
 Parties participate in electoral
campaigns and educational
outreach or protest actions.
Parties often espouse an
expressed ideology or vision
bolstered by a written platform
with specific goals, forming a
coalition among disparate
interests.

4. Philippines Political Parties
 Philippine political parties are
essentially nonideological
vehicles for personal and
factional political ambition. The
party system in the early 1990s
closely resembled that of the
premartial law years when the
Nacionalista and Liberal parties
alternated in power.
 Although they lacked coherent
political programs, they generally
championed conservative social
positions and avoided taking any
position that might divide the
electorate.
 http://pinoypolitika.blogspot.com/2007/01/common-history-of-philippine-political.html

5. Nacionalist Party
 The Nacionalista Party
(NP; Spanish/Filipino: Partido
Nacionalista, "Nationalist
Party") is the oldest political
party in the Philippines today
and was responsible for
leading the country
throughout the majority of
the 20th century since its
founding in 1907.

6. Liberal Party
 As such it is the second-
oldest political party in
the Philippines in terms of
establishment, and the
oldest active political
party in the Philippines.
The party has been led by
people like Manuel Roxas,
Elpidio Quirino, Diosdado
Macapagal and Benigno
Aquino, Jr.

7. Partido Magdalo
 Partido Magdalo is one of
the political parties in the
Philippines founded by
Former Governor Juanito
Remulla Sr. and Former
Congressman Renato P.
Dragon.
 It is a local political party in
Cavite.The new leaders of
this party is Incumbent
Cavite Governor Juanito
Victor "Jonvic" Remulla, Jr.
and Cavite Congressman
Jesus "Boying" Remulla (7th
District).

8. Notable members
 Many of notable members and politicians are the following:
 President Emeritus: Former Governor Juanito R. Remulla
 President: Governor Juanito Victor C. Remulla, Jr.
 Members: Congressman and Mayors
 Congresswoman Lani Mercado-Revilla (Bacoor, Cavite 2010-Present Lakas-Kampi-CMD)
 Congressman Antonio "Ony" Ferrer 6th District of Cavite 2010-Present Lakas-Kampi-CMD)
 House Deputy Speaker Congressman Jesus Crispin C. Remulla 7th District of Cavite 2004-Present
Nacionalista Party)
 Mayor Homer T. Saquilayan (Imus; 2001-2007, 2010-Present Nacionalista Party)
 Mayor Enrico M. Alvarez (Noveleta; PDSP)
 Mayor Jose "Nonong" Ricafrente, Jr. (Rosario; PDSP)
 Mayor Luis "Jon-Jon" F. Ferrer IV (General Trias; moved to Lakas-Kampi-CMD)
 Mayor Conrado C. Lindo (Ternate; Lakas-Kampi-CMD)
 Mayor Strike B. Revilla (Bacoor; Lakas-Kampi-CMD)
 Mayor Luis A. Ferrer IV (Gen. Trias; Lakas-Kampi-CMD)
 Mayor Melencio L. de Sagun (Trece Martires City; Lakas-Kampi-CMDmove to Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino)
 Former Mayor Federico Poblete (Kawit; Lakas-Kampi-CMD)
 Former Mayor Efren Nazareno (Naic; Lakas-Kampi-CMD)
 Former Mayor Bernardo "Totie" S. Paredes (Cavite City; Lakas-Kampi-CMD)
 Former Mayor Raymundo Del Rosario (Tanza; Became a Provincial Board Member; moved to Nacionalista
Party)

9. Pork
The control of legislators’
access to pork rests with the
national chief executive, the
president. Below are the
following steps used to
develop the said point:
 First, was identifying various sources
of pork for legislators;
 Second, the mechanisms the president
can use to influence the legislators’
pork-barrelling.
 How the past presidents have actually
used their control over pork vis-à-vis
the legislators.

10. Importance of the National Budget
The national government is
the major source of pork for
legislators. The high degree
of fiscal centralization means
that local government units
have considerably weaker
fiscal positions in
comparison to the national
government that legislators
have looked to the national
government budget as a
source of pork.

11. The President’s Power of Release
 The release phase the
president controls all
sources of legislators’
pork. The release power
makes the president the
most important regulator
of legislators’ pork in the
Philippines.

12. President’s Actual Use of the Power of
Release
 Bargaining chip in
legislative arena.
 Release power rests with
electoral arena.

13. Institutional Setting and Its Expected
Effects
There are two types of institutional advantage that give the
president an upper hand in blocking congressional attempts to
pass measures that he wishes not to be enacted.
 First, is the president’s veto authority.
 Second, institutional advantage that puts the president in
a privileged position vis-a-vis Congress is that the
president does not face a collective action problem,
whereas Congress does.

14.  End