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Why some incumbents are losing posts to political clans, according to expert

Some reform-minded officials seeking fresh mandates in Eleksyon 2022 are losing their positions to political families they have defeated, Ateneo School of Government (ASOG) Dean Dr. Ronald U. Mendoza has said.

In the latest episode of The Mangahas Interviews, Mendoza said the partial, unofficial tally from the current election returns from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Transparency Servers is showing a “pattern” on how the polls have played out.

“'Di pa tapos ang bilangan pero may nakikita nang pattern. Merong mga reformist na nanganganib na hindi manalo at makabalik 'yung mga kalaban nilang traditional politicians,” Mendoza told journalist Malou Mangahas.

(The counting may still be ongoing but it is already showing a pattern. Some reformists are on the verge of losing and returning the power to the traditional politicians.)

Still, there are areas where political clans continue to be shut out by the incumbents.

Mendoza said the projected “mixed results” of the May polls may have been influenced by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and “patronage politics”.

“Ang analysis dyan medyo baka hindi nakatulong ‘yung pandemya sa mga reformists," Mendoza said.

"Kasi pag may pandemic — at least based on the analysis from the other countries on their elections — parang bumabalik yung mga botante sa mas kilala nila kasi may uncertainty,” he added.

“Lumalaganap din yung patronage politics o yung tinatawag na vote buying… syempre kung reformist ka at ayaw mo na laruin ang larong yun dehado ka sa willing gawin yun. Anything it takes to actually win,” Mendoza said. —Sundy Locus/NB, GMA News