{"id":134814,"date":"2017-11-29T01:33:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T06:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=134814"},"modified":"2025-01-28T13:07:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:07:57","slug":"duterte-to-solve-corruption-amend-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/29\/duterte-to-solve-corruption-amend-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte: To solve corruption, amend constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (RICHARD MADELO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

President Rodrigo Duterte stressed on Tuesday that the 1987 constitution must be amended to resolve \u201cvery virulent\u201d corruption in the country.<\/p>\n

As he graced the Anti-Corruption Summit 2017 and the 2nd Philippine Construction Congress hosted by the Volunteers against Crime and Corruption (VACC) at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City, Duterte said the present constitution allows corruption to thrive.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCorruption is a very virulent thing that\u2019s almost hard to stop because ang ating<\/em>\u00a0[our] Constitution was really crafted to allow accountability to escape most of the time,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the only way to do it is actually \u2014 We have to change or amend our Constitution. Walang iba <\/em>[No other way],\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he wants the Philippines to craft a new constitution under his term that would \u201cserve the people\u201d which will include provision versus corruption, saying that he will resign once it was achieved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe craft a new constitution\u2026 I will place my input there\u2026 It\u2019s a dream but pagkatapos niyan\u00a0<\/em>[but after that], and when it is really a Constitution that would suit our way of life and correct the evil things there,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as we come up with a Constitution that would guarantee, first that the money of the people should go to serve the people.<\/p>\n

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Okay ako<\/em>\u00a0[I’m good]\u2026Then when it is done this year, I will resign at the end of the year. The end of the year is the end of my political career,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte also clarified that he has no plans to stay in office longer than his six-year term even with his proposal of charter change.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not intended to give me dictatorial powers. Constrict it if you want,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

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Duterte added that the government should award projects to the lowest bidder.<\/p>\n

He also said the Commission on Audit (COA) and the Office of the Ombudsman should be strengthened.<\/p>\n

The stakeholders who attended the summit submitted a list of recommendations and a 10-point Reform Plan to the president.<\/p>\n

The recommendations include that all line agencies under the President should set the stage for bureaucratic reforms for heads of government to be accountable, take command responsibility of all their actions and eliminate undue human intervention of agents and middlemen in all transactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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