In Southeast Asia, Politics Are Increasingly a Family Affair

Political dynasties are ever more dominating governments in Southeast Asia, posing an impediment to fantastic governance in just one of the world’s most economically lively locations.

In the Philippines, the main candidates for president and vice president in up coming year’s elections are both scions of potent political dynasties linked to human-rights abuses. In neighboring Indonesia, the president who upended the country’s politics by profitable election regardless of a humble household qualifications recently noticed both his son and son-in-law just take workplace soon after joining his political party. In Cambodia, the country’s authoritarian chief declared in speeches previously this month that he hopes his son will succeed him, and that only assassination or premature demise could change this “political way.”