Political junkies are often struck by a lingering sense of deja vu on the details of the 1998 presidential elections. With reason. The general elections that year were held under conditions that remind people of the conditions now, especially with 2016 fast approaching. Here is a brief rundown of those (uncannily and eerily familiar) conditions.

Fidel V. Ramos, the incumbent president and titular head of the Lakas-NUCD, then the ruling political coalition, endorsed the coalition’s overwhelming choice for the presidency – then Speaker Jose de Venecia.

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