ANO PO BA ANG PEDERALISMO?
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Whatever happened to Duterte’s federalism initiative?
SPECULATION was rife that a big push for a federal form of government would finally gain traction after political allies of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte won big in the May 2019 midterm elections.Pro-Duterte parties are expected to cobble up ‘supermajorities’ in both chambers of Congress — the body officially mandated to amend or revise the Constitution.
But this speculation was quashed by no less than Duterte himself who publicly declared, ‘If you do not want federalism, fine, but change the constitution that would change this nation’.
Hindi suportado ang federalism
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Manila Bulletin Online
Published on Jul 9, 2018
Seven months after forming the Consultative Committee (ConCom) to review the 1987 Philippine Constitution, President Duterte finally received the proposed federal charter which seeks to establish a distinct federalism in the country.
Duterte receives ‘Bayanihan’ federalism draft
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Published on Jun 17, 2018
President
Duterte said the time has come for the Philippines to abandon the
unitary type of government that was setup by Spanish conquistadors and
remained as the system until the present.
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Duterte: The time has come for federalism
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