{"id":124587,"date":"2017-10-18T01:40:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T05:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=124587"},"modified":"2017-10-18T01:40:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T05:40:26","slug":"prrd-tells-bicolanos-to-start-discussions-on-federalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/18\/prrd-tells-bicolanos-to-start-discussions-on-federalism\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD tells Bicolanos to start discussions on federalism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Tuesday, October 17, led the Federalism Summit here and told Bicol\u2019s leaders to launch discussions of federalism in the communities. (KING RODRIGUEZ\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PILI, Camarines Sur\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Tuesday, October 17, led the Federalism Summit here and told Bicol\u2019s leaders to launch discussions of federalism in the communities.<\/p>\n

The Chief Executive also led the oath taking of new members of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban).<\/p>\n

\u201cI encourage all of the Bicolano local leaders to begin discussions on Federalism in your communities, even as you strengthen the efforts against illegal drugs, crime, and corruption,\u201d the Chief Executive said in his speech.<\/p>\n

The President underscored that the October 2017 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections were postponed in a bid to prevent illegal drugs and criminal syndicates from influencing the local elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is my hope that you will do everything to prevent these menaces from contaminating and taking root in your areas,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our vision to create a system of government that will give lasting peace, progress, and prosperity for all of our peoples,\u201d he added as he called on the beginning of the process of transformation that would usher in a \u201cbetter Philippines for ourselves and the future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the President, failure to shift to federalism will result in difficulties in Mindanao.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow,\u00a0itong<\/em>\u00a0federalism is\u2026\u00a0Ito magprangka ako ha. \u2018Pag hindi ito natuloy<\/em>\u00a0or any change that would modify the present structure, which is really an unfair set-up, it will lead into a trouble again sa Mindanao,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKasi itong<\/em>\u00a0unitary type of government vis-\u00e0-vis federal type, this is the setup of the Spaniards.\u00a0Tayo na lang ang nagpaiwan sa<\/em>\u00a0Asia from Indonesia to Malaysia to Australia to Singapore, to Japan, Korea,\u00a0tayo na lang ang<\/em>\u00a0unitary type. We can have a president under a federal setup,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n

In addition, President Duterte said he would advise a strong President while the country is still in the formative stage of federalism.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung saan na lang tayo<\/em>, it will be easy if we agree\u00a0na mag-<\/em>federal\u00a0tayo. Kapag hindi, talagang sasabog \u2018to<\/em>\u00a0because then, I would predict that the MI, MN would now join with everybody…\u00a0 and there are aplenty\u00a0ang armas<\/em>,\u201d the President explained.<\/p>\n

In the same speech,\u00a0 President Duterte also discussed the public utility jeepney (PUJ) modernization program, noting that there are things that the law mandates because it is good for the country and for the people.<\/p>\n

“I am the President of the Republic of the Philippines and I have to\u2026\u00a0Hindi akin \u2018yan. Batas \u2018yan.<\/em>\u00a0That is not mine,” he said.<\/p>\n

“And the fact that we have to get up on, you know –kasi<\/em>\u00a0you\u2019re not up to it. You have to get to do things the way that this government wants you to do,” he said.<\/p>\n

The President noted that PUJs need a facelift, noting that the lives of the riding public are at stake.<\/p>\n

“Unang-una<\/em>\u00a0space, dilapidated,\u00a0walang mga metro, walang<\/em>\u00a0kilometer speed,\u00a0wala lahat.<\/em>\u00a0Sometimes,\u00a0maraming nadisgrasya, sabihin lang, karamihan ng disgrasya, ‘Sir, pumalpak \u2018yung<\/em>\u00a0break,'” he noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know the machines, the engines that run,\u00a0itong mga<\/em>\u00a0PUJ are about 20, 25 years old. We got it from the other countries,\u00a0\u2018yung<\/em>\u00a0reconditioned\u00a0ipinagbibili dito,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n

“If we fail, it means more money for lung cancers and for respiratory diseases.\u00a0Mga anak natin maging bobo \u2018yan<\/em>. Standstill ang traffic, it does not move and all the time people of the Philippines are inhaling the fumes,” he added.<\/p>\n

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