Federalism: A Proposed Form of Government in the Philippines

[unswa]

Unsa man gyud dapat ang unahon, ang pag change/amend/revise sa Constitution or ang FOI ug anti-dynasty laws?

Maski pa unsa ka nindot pag amend sa Constitution pero walay kahadlok ang mga politiko kay lagi walay enabling law, tabla ray wala. Butangan usa nato ug ngipon ang ubang provision sa atong Constititution sama aning FOI ug Anti-dynasty. Afaik 20 years nani nga provision pero wala pajud nahimong balaod.

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Mosamot kapowerful ang usa ka political dynasty ug federalism sama nahitabo sa Maguindanao massacre. Pasabot ani ang usa ka state pwede magbuhat ug ilang balaod unya ug pananglitan usa ka pamilya ni sila, expect nga kini nga mga balaod advantage nila.

[unswa]

So ug naa natay FOI ug Anti-dynasty law, mo support ko aning federalism aron ang kwarta concentrated sa usa ka province hinungdan nga dali ang pag develop kay dili na magsalig sa national government.

Honest people will have equal footing to run for public office because there will be no dynasty and there is an FOI that will shield them from people who have malicious intent.

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Maski pa unsa ka nindot pag amend sa Constitution pero walay kahadlok ang mga politiko kay lagi walay enabling law, tabla ray wala. Butangan usa nato ug ngipon ang ubang provision sa atong Constititution sama aning FOI ug Anti-dynasty. Afaik 20 years nani nga provision pero wala pajud nahimong balaod.

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Mosamot kapowerful ang usa ka political dynasty ug federalism sama nahitabo sa Maguindanao massacre. Pasabot ani ang usa ka state pwede magbuhat ug ilang balaod unya ug pananglitan usa ka pamilya ni sila, expect nga kini nga mga balaod advantage nila.

Sa current set of legislators nato karon, kung mopasar silag FOI within Pnoy's term as House Speaker Belmonte promised, its either half-bake, incomplete and/or vague ra nga law. In the end advantage ra gihapon nila ang ilang huna-hunaon unsaon nalang kung masakpan sila. Utro sad ang anti-dynasty, dili ni usa sa priority bills under sa current admin. Current status ay:

House speaker: No anti-dynasty law under PNoy | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com

[raissah]

Ganahan ko ani Federalism.. Naay possibility nga ma point nato unsa nga state ug kinsa nga leader ang pinaka corrupt hahaha

[unswa]

Anyway FOI raman jud need sa atoa maski pag naay dynasty. Kay as long as ang citizen is empowered to file cases against corrupt officials, no amount of LOLO, LOLA, PAPA, or MAMA nimo sa politika matakabang nimo.

[tingkagol]

Question: Naay politicians currently in office advocating for a change to a federal government?

Nevermind:
Federalism in the Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mao man diay ni kadtong sa time ni GMA. Ambot kung nausab naba ni ang huna2x sa uban nga naa sa lista, or basin ni-totoy ra ni madame GMA. Ang uban nangapriso naman.

Also, Toledo man ang gihimong capital sa central visayas. (Ingon sila nindot itanday didto sa imo asawa kay bugnaw man perme.)

[emow]

Offtopic somewhat: everytime foi and anti dynasty bill are discussed, i shake my head in disbelief. If indeed we are serious, there's a simple suggestion of one term limits on all elected and appointed positions. Somehow, this simple line of thinking escapes the media and the so called advocates of anti dynasty movement.. oh please. FOI? Redundant and still doesnt achieve anything. Public office is supposed to be accountable to the people, that should include information. But politicians still lie, right? Foi is inferior to the essence of holding public office, what makes us think it will help? This is naivete at its worst.

[lhorenzoo]

pra nako bisag unsa pa nga form of government basta ang mga politicans nato ang main gihunahuna is to serve the people truthfully and honestly but now with the current crop of politicians that we have nga ang main purpose to be in government is to wield power for their own selfish motives wa gyud gihapon ayo ,mao ni lacking sa mga current crop of politicians nato today . gone are the days nga naa tay ramon magsaysaysay who truly are in government to serve the people his bosses . karon maayo na kaayo og propaganda ni sila mga politikos nato kayo ang boss ko kuno pero in truth puro ra ni siya gimmick or marketing pr lang

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Sila'y na.bulahan sa atoang mga gipang.hatag. What's disadvantage about Federalism though is that provinces which are economically unstable would have a hard-time to cope-up. But anyway, it's worth a shot. haha

I agree on this. I don't sense unity from the imperial Manila. At least nagtinabangay ang mga bisaya sa Cebu ug Davao.

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I am still skeptical for the Philippines to undergo into a federal state, if segmented a lot of supposed states could not stand on it's own feet, On the other hand we are a very small country compared with the US, we would become much weaker as a nation if federalism is imposed. What we should do is to overhaul the systems within the COMELEC and strengthen it for I still believe that some people out there could still make the change and thus the right persons we should put in place within the government.