Two Party System in the Philippines
1. The two-party system should be adopted in the Philippines substituting the multi-party system that our government is currently adhering to because of the following justifications:
a. The two-party system is a more efficient mechanism in creating a more effective government as compared to the multi-party system that the Philippines are currently adopting. In a political environment created by a two-party system, the objective and ideology of each of the two major parties is clearly identifiable. Consequently, the policies that that will be forwarded after the elections will be in congruence to such ideology thus creating a more stable and effective government governed by a single party. This system immediately produces a government after elections thus maintaining the continuous and smooth flow of the government rendering the services to the constituents. The multi-party system on the other hand is a failure when it comes to the generation of an immediate and effective government after elections. There is a possibility that creation and implementation of policies will be delayed because the political environment created by such system demands the formulation of a consensus between the winning parties, which actually takes a lot of time and arbitrary efforts. This is very much evident in the Philippines given that key government positions starting from the president down to the local level are not controlled only by a single party. Winning politicians often comes from different political parties and actually uphold different political interests and ideologies that they ought to promote and support. In such case, performance of the government as a whole is often affected. The more time that the government delays its policy implementation, the more possibility that our economy and performance as a nation will lag behind. That a lagging economy and policy implementation will result into more state problems on queue is the consequence that will trickle down to the
a. The two-party system is a more efficient mechanism in creating a more effective government as compared to the multi-party system that the Philippines are currently adopting. In a political environment created by a two-party system, the objective and ideology of each of the two major parties is clearly identifiable. Consequently, the policies that that will be forwarded after the elections will be in congruence to such ideology thus creating a more stable and effective government governed by a single party. This system immediately produces a government after elections thus maintaining the continuous and smooth flow of the government rendering the services to the constituents. The multi-party system on the other hand is a failure when it comes to the generation of an immediate and effective government after elections. There is a possibility that creation and implementation of policies will be delayed because the political environment created by such system demands the formulation of a consensus between the winning parties, which actually takes a lot of time and arbitrary efforts. This is very much evident in the Philippines given that key government positions starting from the president down to the local level are not controlled only by a single party. Winning politicians often comes from different political parties and actually uphold different political interests and ideologies that they ought to promote and support. In such case, performance of the government as a whole is often affected. The more time that the government delays its policy implementation, the more possibility that our economy and performance as a nation will lag behind. That a lagging economy and policy implementation will result into more state problems on queue is the consequence that will trickle down to the