

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: THE DYNASTIC DILEMMA: PROSPECTS OF REFORM FOR THE 20TH CONGRESS 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: PUBLIC FORUM | THE DYNASTIC DILEMMA: PROSPECTS OF REFORM FOR THE 20TH CONGRESS 

The Urban Studies Program, in collaboration with the Political Science and Public Affairs Programs and the University of the Philippines Political Science Society (UPPSS), are hosting a public forum together with Professor Julio C. Teehankee, PhD of the De La Salle University, a leading scholar in political science, who will lead us into a forum entitled “The Dynastic Dilemma: Prospects of Reform for the 20th Congress”. 

?The forum will take place at the Performing Arts Hall (PAH), UP Cebu, on February 26, 2026, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

ABOUT THE ?????:

This presentation analyzes the likelihood of enacting an Anti-Political Dynasty Law in the 20th Congress, a legislative body in which political dynasties hold 83% of Senate seats, 81% of House District seats, and 51% of Party List seats. Drawing on Karl Marx’s The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, we posit that while legislators possess agency, their capacity to reform is constrained by "inherited circumstances"—specifically, the material and social reproduction of their own power. For 39 years, this structural conflict of interest has rendered the 1987 Constitutional mandate non-self-executing. However, the recent flood control scandal has introduced volatility, challenging the modern "principalia’s" perceived immortality. As General Jose T. Almonte (2007) observed, the elite must "respond positively" to basic changes to preserve itself. Also applying Bueno de Mesquita’s (1985) expected utility model, this lecture evaluates the strategic choices facing the 22 House and 6 Senate bills to ban political dynasties. The analysis suggests that rational dynastic actors will weigh the "Maximum" reform, aimed at dismantling monopolies, against the "Minimum" compliance, aimed at defusing public anger. The presentation argues that the legislative equilibrium will likely shift not toward a total ban, but toward a "survivalist compromise"—a regulatory framework that creates the appearance of reform while preserving the core mechanism of elite reproduction.

Join us in this opportunity to take part in an engaging discussion that is highly relevant in the current state of Philippine politics. 

#PoliticalScience #PublicForum #UP #UPCebu #UPPSS
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Cebu
- **state**: CU
- **country**: Philippines
- **location**: University of the Philippines Cebu
- **lat**: 10.322576214191
- **long**: 123.89856995334
- **full address**: University of the Philippines Cebu, Gorordo Avenue,Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

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- **organizer**: University of the Philippines Political Science Society - UPPSS (https://allevents.in/org/university-of-the-philippines-political-science-society-uppss/27508255)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** University of the Philippines Cebu, Gorordo Avenue,Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** University of the Philippines Political Science Society - UPPSS
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