The State and the Public Sphere do not have direct access to each other. They carry out their respective internal operations as determined by their internal structure, processes and codes. Nevertheles, the two systems are still able to influence each other indirectly via interactions of varying strength. In his column, Manolo Quezon identified three such interactions: elections, plebiscites (or referenda) and People Power.

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About a month ago, Rom requested for reactions on Solita Monsod's and Manolo Quezon's respective views on People Power. Since then fellow bloggers Angela Stuart-Santiago and Schumey have weighed in. I am in agreemen… Continue

One year ago, i posted possible changes to our existing political order. Now seems to be a good time to revisit the prospects of each scenari… Continue