Chasing the Wind Assessing Philippine Democracy ISBN 978-971-93106-4-8 Printed in the Philippines PUBLISHED BY Commission on Human Rights, Philippines U.P. Complex, Commonwealth Avenue Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippipnes WITH FUNDING SUPPORT FROM United Nations Development Program Book layout and cover design by Fidel dela Torre Copyright©2011 by the CHRP and the authors All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage retrieval system, without written permission from the authors and the publishers, except for brief review.