Current

Political Issues
By:
Carbonilla, Sara Jane
WMSU Infante, Mariegold
Jul-asri, Almondher

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Graft and corruption?

Graft and corruption include bribery, extortion, and

nepotism, and are characterized by the subordination of
public interests to private aims and violations of the norms
of duty and welfare, accompanied by secrecy, betrayal,
deception and a callous disregard for any consequences
suffered by the public.

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Internal security issue

The act of keeping peace within the borders of a sovereign

state or other self-governing territories, generally by
upholding the national law and defending against internal
security threats. Responsibility for internal security may
range from police to paramilitary forces, and in exceptional
circumstances, the military itself.

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War on drugs
President Rodrigo Duterte has carried out a “war on drugs”
that has led to the deaths of over 12,000 Filipinos to date,
mostly urban poor. At least 2,555 of the killings have been
attributed to the Philippine National Police. Duterte and
other senior officials have instigated and incited the killings
in a campaign that could amount to crimes against
humanity.

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Marawi issue
Nearly 300 people have died in fighting between Philippine
forces and the Islamic State-linked Maute group which
seized the southern city of Marawi on May 23. The attack
by Maute and its allies on the island of Mindanao is the
biggest warning yet that the Islamic State is building a
base in Southeast Asia.

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References:
WHAT ARE WE IN POWER FOR? THE SOCIOLOGY OF GRAFT AND
CORRUPTION | Office of Justice Programs. (n.d.).
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/what-are-we-power-so
ciology-graft-and-corruption

Graphics, R. (n.d.). Battle for Marawi. Reuters.

https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/rngs/PHILIPPINES-ATTACK/01004
1F032X/index.html

Wikipedia contributors. (2024, February 4). Internal security. Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_security