201 Index Index A A Journey Towards H.O.P.E., 55 Abalos, Benjamin, Election Chairperson, 151 ABANSE Pinay!, 155 Abinales, Patricio N., 87, 100 Abra, 52, 54, 63, 87 Abueva, Jose V., 23, 95, 100, 104, 110 Abuse of authority, 96 Accountability, 50, 85, 105 answerability, 105-106, 125, 128 controllability, 106, 125, 128 horizontal, 85, 100-103, 105-106, 108109, 114, 116, 119, 121-122, 125, 128129, 186, 188, 190, 197 oblique, 106 vertical, 85, 105-106, 187 Accountability mechanism(s), 10, 61, 73-74, 80 “Mandate” point of view, 73 “Sanctions” point of view, 73 Accountability of public officials, 159, 163 Accountability, three aspects, 101 answerability, 101 controllability,101 transparency,101, 105 -106,125, 128 Acemoglu, Daron, 183 An Act Constituting the LegislativeExecutive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC), 127 See also R.A. 7640 ACT Teachers, 78 Adcock, Robert, 19 Addawe, Joseph M., 72-73, 88 Administrative Good Governance Index (AGGI), 88 Ad-Valorem Tax on Idle Lands, 170 AES See Automated Election System AFC See Agriculture and Fisheries Council Afghanistan, viii Aganon, Marie, 146 Agenda for reforms, 129 grand reforms, 129 incremental reforms, 129-130 AGGI See Administrative Good Governance Index Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AFC), 165 Agusan del Norte, 70 Agusan del Sur, 70, 87 AKBAYAN, 88, 155 AKO Bicol Political Party, 78 Alagappa, Muthiah, 141, 144, 191 “Alarmists,” xii Albay, 67 Alvarez, Michael, 21 Alyansang Tigil Mina (anti-mining), 178 Amari controversies, 116 American Civil War, v American Governor-General, 96 Amnesty International, 28 Amoroso, Donna J., 87 Ampatuan political clan, 52, 86 Ampatuan, Andal Sr., ARMM Governor, 53, 86 Ampatuan, Andal, Mayor, 86 Ampatuan, Zaldy, ARMM Governor, 86 Anak Pawis, 78, 155 An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines, 87 ANFREL See Asian Network for Free Elections Ang, Atong, 120 Anheier, Helmut, 142, 191 Answerability accountability, 105-106 aspects of accountability, 125, 128 Antique, 69 Anti-Rape Law, 150, 192 See also R.A. 8353 Anti-Squatting Law, 150 See also Presidential Decree 772 Apayao, 63, 70, 87 Appointment power of the President, 118 Aquino v. Enrile, 59 SCRA 183, 109 Aquino, Benigno S, Jr., Senator, 30-31, 97, 158 Aquino, Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” C. III, President, 87, 99, 122, 125, 155-157 Aquino, Corazon C., President, 30-31, 53, 9899, 121, 125-126 Arellano, Cayetano, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 96 Arguillas, Carolyn O., 53 Aristotle, 4, 8-10, 19 “Aristotle's 'polity',” 3 Armed Forces of the Philippines, 128 Armed guerillas, 50 Armed movements, 60 ARMM, vi, 53-54, 56, 71-72 election automation project, 56 Arroyo, Gloria Macapagal, President, 25, 31, 49, 53, 86, 99, 110, 116-117, 121, 125, 151, 157-159, 190