The Arroyo administration announced that all are set for Charter Change through a Constituent Assembly. The reason given by the people in Malacañang is that peace in Mindanao can only be achieved through Charter Change. PGMAs critics believe the opposite. Well, who cares, it’s the votes that counts. PGMA has the numbers in the House of Representatives. Her only headache is the Senate who are full of presidential aspirants.
Here are the reasons why I believe that it’s about time to change our Charter:
1) The present constitution has so many provisions that suppresses our competitiveness to the globalize concept of economy.
2) A shift from Presidential System to Parliamentary system would solve any ouster attempt by few pressure groups in EDSA and rogue soldiers from the AFP. In the present form of our government a proper term limit is observed while in a parliamentary form, the any unpopular prime minister would only undergo a vote of ‘no confidence’ and he could easily be removed.
3) Senators must be elected from the State (Federal) to avoid electing popular but incompetent senators.
4) Qualifications for Prime Ministerial job must be raised to avoid electing uneducated and dumb individual for that office.
5) In a centralized government that we presently have, only Mega Manila benefit from the infrastructure and progress. A Federalized republic would solve the issue.
6) A Bangsangmoro State (in the area of the present ARMM) I hope will bring about peace (Inshallah).
7) The Sabah claim must be pursued by our country.
The proposal according to the Malacañang source is that they will create a State of Western Visayas. Iloilo of course would be the capital of the new state. Ti, hala bira ilonggo eh!
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