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The following is a list of Filipino politicians convicted of crimes in relation to their conduct while in office. This excludes: People who are merely formally charged of crime/s they allegedly committed, who may or may not be under detention. Acquitted people; Conviction of crimes committed while not in office.
Pages in category "Filipino politicians convicted of corruption" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Date Branch Department Party People Involved Summary Source 1946 Executive: Office of the President: Liberal: Manuel Roxas: Surplus War Property scandal- disposed $90 billion of surplus war property held by the United States government in the final year of World War II, which caused a huge corruption scandal that led to the rise of the leftist HUKBALAHAP and for Roxas's approval ratings to ...
Philippines portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. F. Filipino politicians convicted of corruption (11 P) M.
The Priority Development Assistance Fund scam, also called the PDAF scam or the pork barrel scam, is a political scandal involving the alleged misuse by several members of the Congress of the Philippines of their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF, popularly called "pork barrel"), a lump-sum discretionary fund granted to each member of Congress for spending on priority development ...
The Philippine political arena is mainly arranged and operated by families or alliances of families, rather than organized around the voting for political parties. [27] Called the padrino system , one gains favor, promotion , or political appointment through family affiliation ( nepotism ) or friendship ( cronyism ), as opposed to one's merit .
The Philippines, according to experts, has a reputation for having political issues based on patronage politics and personality politics. To some experts, what is unique about the crisis is that it addresses the greater issue of electoral fraud and an allegedly faulty election system that allows cheaters to win and get away with it. This is ...
In the resolution, Hontiveros noted that Quiboloy was indicted by a California court in the United States for "conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion" in 2021. Hontiveros stressed the importance of an investigation, as the alleged abuses her office received happened in the territorial jurisdiction of the Philippines.