2025 is not just another election year — it’s a moment when longstanding political narratives face new tests. The Marcos family, under Bongbong, aims to rehabilitate its legacy, while contending with internal fractures and external challenges. The Duterte brand, though battered by legal troubles and intra-dynastic tension, staged a comeback in the midterms and in local strongholds. Reformist and opposition figures, though minority in institutional power, draw moral authority by pushing accountability and rights. Amid this, local power brokers like Dy III and Tolentino clinch their influence by focusing on regional development and patronage. The interplay of national ambition, familial loyalties, and grassroots sentiment will define which of these ten emerges not only as “influential” but genuinely transformational.

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