Importance Of Philippine Politics

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Laws and rules are implemented to keep things in order and to avoid conflict among people in various places. But in the case of Philippine politics, instead of being the solution to these matters, it has become the problem which causes the chaos among our government officials and causes the disorder of things in our country. Philippine politics has become one of the main reasons for the downfall of our country. (“Philippine Politics” par. 1-2)
There is a subject taught at school that not many students find appealing mainly because it is long and boring; “Philippine History”. But our teachers and professors keep reminding us that we need to study and understand our past in order to learn from it and not make the same mistakes our past leaders made. We need to acquire knowledge about how and how not to make decisions that may or may not affect the current situation of our country, may it be good or bad. In order for us to be good leaders in our future in case some of us choose to become someone with position in our government. But judging by our present situation, it does not seem to be helping nor is it resulting in a good outcome.
If we compare the economy of our country to our past economy, we may notice that our financial management is getting worse and worse. Some people may think that our current system of government, which is democracy, is better than Martial Law, which is defined by people as “evil”. Some people hated being under the reign of Ferdinand Marcos for the