A very much recommended related read: the rise and fall of Virata's network (vs Imelda and the Ver factions) https://t.co/OrvkdTVi0Z
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On the political limits of what technocrats like Diokno can and cannot do, see this illuminating paper on the Rise and Fall of Virata's Network during Marcos regime: https://t.co/ncBrzBf2LN
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RT @lucindomino: Same scenario as it was with the elder Marcos. Technocrats- like Virata and Sicat- ended up losing the power struggle agai…
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RT @lucindomino: She's close to the "Technopols" of the first Marcos era (e.g. Rafael Salas), who were people "who had the skills of a tech…