A FORMER military general - who was disqualified to run for the presidency in the May polls - is now campaigning for the establishment of a “revolutionary government” after accusing the Commission on Elections of corruption.
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Friday, March 18, 2022
Friday, January 15, 2021
Duterte allies push for Constitutional amendments
POLITICAL ALLIES of President Rodrigo Duterte are pushing - in the middle of the pandemic - for amendments in the Constitution ahead of national elections next year.
Friday, September 25, 2020
Postpone 2022 polls due to Covid
FROM PROPOSALS to amend the Constitution and prolong the term limits of the president and lawmakers to the establishment of a revolutionary government and federalism amid the Covid-19 pandemic, now Pampanga Rep. Mikey Arroyo urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to scrap the 2022 national and local polls.
Friday, August 28, 2020
Duterte disown supporters, thumbs down ‘revolutionary government’
WHILE SUPPORTERS of President Rodrigo Duterte are pushing for the establishment of a revolutionary government and prolong his term, the Filipino leader rejected the campaign, saying, he did not even know the people behind it.
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Declare ‘revolutionary government, Duterte ally urges President
SULU – An influential Muslim politician has urged President Rodrigo Duterte to establish a “revolutionary government” which the Filipino leader had previously threaten to declare if communist rebels and other opponents tried to destabilise his rule.
A strong ally of Duterte, Dr. Sakur Tan - a philanthropist who is running for governor in Sulu in the May midterm elections – called on the President to declare the revolutionary government and eventually establish a federal form of government.
Tan’s statement came ahead of the ratification of the controversial Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) on January 21 and February 6 in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). And if BOL is approved, it shall replace ARMM with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and ruled by the rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front which signed an interim peace deal with Manila in 2014.
Sulu Gov. Toto Tan filed a petition with the Supreme Court last year questioning the legality and constitutionality of the BOL. Constitutional framers also asked the High Court to reject the BOL, saying, the law violates the Charter.
“Only through federalism you can configure the territories that will constitute the federal states and not cluster only the laggards together like the five provinces in the ARMM. Now they say that (BOL) it is also federalism na i-isang region ang gagawin sa BOL, but it is not, it is an isolation, because it will only be constituted by five provinces that are laggards, so it is only through federalism that you can mix the laggards with the affluent, otherwise, these laggards will never progress.”
“Kaya para mas mapadali ang federalism, dapat mag-declare na tayo ng revolutionary government to make things easier. So anong nangyari, sandali lang ay nagawa na yun Constitution natin. So the President can now appoint members of the commission that will draft the new Constitution and then come up with the new government and then come up with the form of government that we will have. Instead of a unitary form of government then we can have a parliamentary-federal system of government,” Tan said, adding, “It is far better than creating a monster like the BOL.”
Duterte has repeatedly vowed to push for a change in form of government – from presidential system to federal – and even threatened to make Mindanao a federal region if lawmakers fail to amend the Constitution to pave the way for new federal government.
He said the current unitary system has spelled so much trouble. When he was mayor in Davao City in southern Philippines, Duterte had been strongly campaigning for the establishment of a federal form of government and in many of his public appearances and speeches the President said federalism is the next best thing for the country.
Duterte also vowed to step down – even before his term ends on 2022 – as soon as the new federal government is fully functional. “Do not be afraid of a dictatorship because I will not be the one,” Duterte said.
He also cited the precedent set by Corazon Aquino, who established a revolutionary government soon after leading an uprising in 1986 that ended the Marcos dictatorship. Aquino sacked all elected officials, abolished Congress and tore up the 1973 Constitution in favor of a provisional charter. She handpicked a commission to write a new Constitution, which was ratified by plebiscite in 1987.
Tan said majority of the municipal mayors in Sulu are also supporting the establishment of a federal government, including the 5 influential sultans - Sultans Ibrahim Bahjin, Muizuddin Jainal Bahjin, Muedzul-Lail Kiram, Mohammad Venizar Julkarnain Jainal Abirin and Phugdalun Kiram.
“More than half of the mayors or 15 out of the 19 municipalities overwhelmingly (approved this) and joined me in this clamor for federalism and if need be, call for (the establishment of) a revolutionary government. The legitimate Sultans of Sulu will also join us and I am very sure of that. As their Spokesman and Special Envoy, I speak for the Royal Council of the Sultanate of Sulu comprising the five Sultans of Sulu,” he said.
Tan said even before Duterte became president, he is already pushing for the establishment of a federal form of government and even went around the country campaigning for it. “Everybody knows about that. In fact I read a magazine shown to me by a professor of President Duterte, lawyer Sixto Brillantes, which quoted President Duterte that if he wins the presidency, he will declare a revolutionary government.”
“So President Duterte is just being true to his words and he means what he said. If you want a federal system, you must declare a revolutionary government now. Federal system through revolutionary government and if we have to declare it, the sooner the better,” Tan said.
He said the lawyers of the nongovernmental organization called Volunteers against Crime and Corruptionwhich is headed by Dante Jimenez will also file their petition (similar with Gov. Tan’s petition) in the Supreme Court and intervene.
Tan also took a swipe on the group of MILF chieftain Murad Ebrahim who went to Sulu recently to campaign for the ratification of the BOL. “For us, we held a series of fora where we tried to make the people participate and understand what BOL and federalism is all about. You do not just come and make people participate without making them understand. That is the problem of people who just come to our area and tell our people this is it and this is that, without making them understand. They think that people here are stupid, and they don’t know that our people also think they are stupid,” he said.
On Monday, some 10,000 Muslims here rallied behind the proposed establishment of a federal government. The Tans and members of the pro-Duterte group called Kilusang Pagbabago led by Ariel Urao, and municipal mayors also participated in the rally where speakers discussed about the proposed government.
Wedzmar Abdurajak, an executive assistant of presidential daughter and Davao Mayor Sara Duterte, was also here and spoke during the rally. He thanked the organizers and huge crowd for their support on the proposed federal government. (Mindanao Examiner)
A strong ally of Duterte, Dr. Sakur Tan - a philanthropist who is running for governor in Sulu in the May midterm elections – called on the President to declare the revolutionary government and eventually establish a federal form of government.
Tan’s statement came ahead of the ratification of the controversial Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) on January 21 and February 6 in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). And if BOL is approved, it shall replace ARMM with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and ruled by the rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front which signed an interim peace deal with Manila in 2014.
Sulu Gov. Toto Tan filed a petition with the Supreme Court last year questioning the legality and constitutionality of the BOL. Constitutional framers also asked the High Court to reject the BOL, saying, the law violates the Charter.
“Only through federalism you can configure the territories that will constitute the federal states and not cluster only the laggards together like the five provinces in the ARMM. Now they say that (BOL) it is also federalism na i-isang region ang gagawin sa BOL, but it is not, it is an isolation, because it will only be constituted by five provinces that are laggards, so it is only through federalism that you can mix the laggards with the affluent, otherwise, these laggards will never progress.”
“Kaya para mas mapadali ang federalism, dapat mag-declare na tayo ng revolutionary government to make things easier. So anong nangyari, sandali lang ay nagawa na yun Constitution natin. So the President can now appoint members of the commission that will draft the new Constitution and then come up with the new government and then come up with the form of government that we will have. Instead of a unitary form of government then we can have a parliamentary-federal system of government,” Tan said, adding, “It is far better than creating a monster like the BOL.”
Duterte has repeatedly vowed to push for a change in form of government – from presidential system to federal – and even threatened to make Mindanao a federal region if lawmakers fail to amend the Constitution to pave the way for new federal government.
He said the current unitary system has spelled so much trouble. When he was mayor in Davao City in southern Philippines, Duterte had been strongly campaigning for the establishment of a federal form of government and in many of his public appearances and speeches the President said federalism is the next best thing for the country.
Duterte also vowed to step down – even before his term ends on 2022 – as soon as the new federal government is fully functional. “Do not be afraid of a dictatorship because I will not be the one,” Duterte said.
He also cited the precedent set by Corazon Aquino, who established a revolutionary government soon after leading an uprising in 1986 that ended the Marcos dictatorship. Aquino sacked all elected officials, abolished Congress and tore up the 1973 Constitution in favor of a provisional charter. She handpicked a commission to write a new Constitution, which was ratified by plebiscite in 1987.
Tan said majority of the municipal mayors in Sulu are also supporting the establishment of a federal government, including the 5 influential sultans - Sultans Ibrahim Bahjin, Muizuddin Jainal Bahjin, Muedzul-Lail Kiram, Mohammad Venizar Julkarnain Jainal Abirin and Phugdalun Kiram.
“More than half of the mayors or 15 out of the 19 municipalities overwhelmingly (approved this) and joined me in this clamor for federalism and if need be, call for (the establishment of) a revolutionary government. The legitimate Sultans of Sulu will also join us and I am very sure of that. As their Spokesman and Special Envoy, I speak for the Royal Council of the Sultanate of Sulu comprising the five Sultans of Sulu,” he said.
Tan said even before Duterte became president, he is already pushing for the establishment of a federal form of government and even went around the country campaigning for it. “Everybody knows about that. In fact I read a magazine shown to me by a professor of President Duterte, lawyer Sixto Brillantes, which quoted President Duterte that if he wins the presidency, he will declare a revolutionary government.”
“So President Duterte is just being true to his words and he means what he said. If you want a federal system, you must declare a revolutionary government now. Federal system through revolutionary government and if we have to declare it, the sooner the better,” Tan said.
He said the lawyers of the nongovernmental organization called Volunteers against Crime and Corruptionwhich is headed by Dante Jimenez will also file their petition (similar with Gov. Tan’s petition) in the Supreme Court and intervene.
Tan also took a swipe on the group of MILF chieftain Murad Ebrahim who went to Sulu recently to campaign for the ratification of the BOL. “For us, we held a series of fora where we tried to make the people participate and understand what BOL and federalism is all about. You do not just come and make people participate without making them understand. That is the problem of people who just come to our area and tell our people this is it and this is that, without making them understand. They think that people here are stupid, and they don’t know that our people also think they are stupid,” he said.
On Monday, some 10,000 Muslims here rallied behind the proposed establishment of a federal government. The Tans and members of the pro-Duterte group called Kilusang Pagbabago led by Ariel Urao, and municipal mayors also participated in the rally where speakers discussed about the proposed government.
Wedzmar Abdurajak, an executive assistant of presidential daughter and Davao Mayor Sara Duterte, was also here and spoke during the rally. He thanked the organizers and huge crowd for their support on the proposed federal government. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Saturday, October 13, 2018
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Pinoys favor ‘Revolutionary Government’- Survey
SIXTY PERCENT of Filipinos would support President Rodrigo Duterte if he decided to declare a revolutionary government to carry out his reform agenda, according to a latest nation-wide opinion poll conducted by SurveyNgBayan.
Considering that the question of declaring a revolutionary government has been publicly debated for some time, the pollster, presented this question once again squarely to the people nationwide: If Duterte is forced to declare a revolutionary government to fulfill his promises, would you support him? The question set in Tagalog (Kung mapilitang itatag ni DU30 ang Revolution Gov. para matupad ang mga pangako nya payag kba?) for the clear understanding of people at all levels was transmitted via SMS to 300,000 subscribers of Philippine-based mobile phones.
The poll targets were selected randomly from the pollster's databank of 182.5 million Philippine-based mobile phone numbers. The question sought Yes or No answer with the age, gender and the location of the respondent. A total of 3,255 raw responses came by the end of the one-week period from October 1-7 and the clean response set after deduping and purging for nonsense replies came to 1,841. Among them, 1,117 said “Yes”, and 652 said “No”.
The survey has a 99 percent level of confidence and a 3 percent margin of error. SurveyNgBayan had posed this question to the people nationwide previously just before Duterte took office as president on June 30, 2016, then in August 2016, after he was in office barely two months, and again in November 2017 when the public clamor for a revolutionary government was at its height.
In June 2016, the support for a revolutionary government was only 43 percent, but after the general public watching their new president for some two months, and also the activities of his opponents, the support of a Duterte-led revolutionary government climbed to 67 percent.
Over a year later, in November 2017, amid a persistent clamor for a revolutionary government, 71 percent of the people tuned in favor of it. Developments since then—particularly the president stating publicly that he did not encourage such a move, and the public attention shifting towards the mid-term election due next year—the mass support for a revolutionary government has somewhat waned, but still holding at a significant 60 percent.
Several reasons can be attributed to this continuing popular support for a Duterte-led revolutionary government. Among them:
• The Glenn Chong revelations of problems in the electoral system. Certain quarters have claimed that flaws in the electoral system provide the environment for declaring a revolutionary government which can tackle this problem and install an impartial election commission.
• The elite resistance to restructuring the government into a federal system.
• The need to reform the judiciary to make it impossible for the monied class to manipulate the courts for its advantage, and make the judiciary function fairly for the benefit of all and deliver justice fast.
SurveyNgBayan is composed of Filipino social researchers based in the Philippines and the United States, as well as other research and information service professionals. It employs a unique method of researching to measure the true pulse of public opinion.
Relying on its databank of 182.5 million Philippine-based mobile phone numbers that can give access to every nook and cranny of the archipelago, and it randomly picks a survey set and sends its question(s) to all of them by SMS blasting. Thus, the pollster gives, in effect, virtually every mobile user in the country an equal chance to participate in its surveys. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Saturday, October 6, 2018
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