{"id":143419,"date":"2018-01-03T02:06:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T07:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=143419"},"modified":"2018-01-03T02:06:58","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T07:06:58","slug":"dutertes-term-may-be-extended-once-federalism-is-approved-says-pimentel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/03\/dutertes-term-may-be-extended-once-federalism-is-approved-says-pimentel\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte\u2019s term may be extended once federalism is approved, says Pimentel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103165\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103165\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Koko-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103165\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Koko-1.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cWe can extend the President's term 1. if really necessary, and 2. if he is amenable to it, and 3. since that extension will be part of the new Constitution, the new Constitution is approved by the people themselves,\u201d Pimentel said. (PNA photo)\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Koko-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Koko-1-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWe can extend the President&#8217;s term 1. if really necessary, and 2. if he is amenable to it, and 3. since that extension will be part of the new Constitution, the new Constitution is approved by the people themselves,\u201d Pimentel said. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The shift to federalism will pave the way for the extension of President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s six-year term to three more years as this is part of the \u201ctransitory period,\u201d Senate President Aquilino \u201cKoko\u201d Pimentel III said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s term will expire in 2022 but Pimentel explained that the extension depends on when they will approve the new Constitution. If it\u2019s going to be in 2019 then the next three years will be the transitory period.<\/p>\n<p>Pimentel said this is possible if Duterte wills it and if the public allows it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can extend the President&#8217;s term 1. if really necessary, and 2. if he is amenable to it, and 3. since that extension will be part of the new Constitution, the new Constitution is approved by the people themselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the issue regarding the absence of election in 2019 that Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said could happen, Pimentel said it is unlikely as shifting to federalism is possible without altering all scheduled elections under the existing Constitution.<br \/>\n\u201cWhat is important are the transitory provisions which will govern the terms and duties of those elected in the last election under the 1987 Constitution,\u201d Pimentel added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(DAILY NEWS ROUND UP FOR 01\/\u00a003 \/ 18)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The shift to federalism will pave the way for the extension of President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s six-year term to three more &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":103165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16273,13678,9948,13135,13778],"class_list":["post-143419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","tag-1987-constitution","tag-aquilino-koko-pimentel-iii","tag-federalism","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","tag-speaker-pantaleon-alvarez","mauthors-ro-angelica-equio","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}