EI SUN OH

OVER the past week or so, the political scenery in a few countries around Europe and Asia saw quite dramatic shifts. Let us first look at the United Kingdom. Some Filipino readers may not be familiar with the British election system, which has also been more or less inherited by a number of neighboring countries which were former British colonies, so perhaps some explanation is due here. Unlike the American or Philippine election systems whereby voters cast separate ballots for the President, the Senate and the House of Representatives, the British voters have only one vote in a national (distinct from local) election. Under this so-called Westminster parliamentary system, a member of parliament (MP) is elected from each constituency, similar to how representatives are elected in the Philippines.

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