There are valid reasons to reexamine the 1987 Constitution, with an eye toward updating provisions that may have become outdated in the 36 years since this key document was officially adopted as the fundamental law of the land. For one, there is the long-running debate on the most appropriate form of government for the Philippines, with proponents of the parliamentary system making a good case for shifting away from our current US-style presidential system and bicameral
Ferdinand Marcos was a product and survivor of, and implicated in, the brutality lurking just under the surface in our national politics and institutions—ranging from his nearly dying in his fraternity initiation to being tried for murder in the famous Nalundasan case in his home province of Ilocos Norte featuring spectacular political murders—but his son was shielded from it, and quite obviously has no taste for it. Asked about the assassination of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo, President Marcos said in a news conference that “This one is particularly terrifying and it’s really ... I don’t know. This does not belong
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