{"id":185375,"date":"2018-10-13T01:38:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T05:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=185375"},"modified":"2018-10-13T01:38:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-13T05:38:41","slug":"political-dynasties-federalism-wont-effective-concom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/13\/political-dynasties-federalism-wont-effective-concom\/","title":{"rendered":"Political dynasties under federalism won’t be effective: ConCom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Spokesperson and Assistant Secretary for Communications and Public Affairs Jonathan Malaya, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Assistant Secretary for Operations and Legislative Affairs Atty. Ana Marie Rafael-Banaag, and Atty. Randolph Parcasio of the Consultative Committee to Review the 1987 Constitution talk on empowering regions and local governance in the country through Federalism in a press briefing at the New Executive Building (NEB) in Malaca\u00f1ang on October 12, 2018. (Photo screengrabbed<\/a> from Presidential Communications (Government of the Philippines)\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A member of the Consultative Committee (ConCom) on Friday appealed to Congress to retain anti-political dynasty provisions in its draft charter, saying that federalism will not be effective if families still dominate the political scene.<\/p>\n

ConCom member and lawyer Randolph Parcasio made this call after Congress last week released its draft charter, which lacked reforms on anti-political dynasty, anti-party switching, and term limits.<\/p>\n

Amid the clamor to return political and electoral reforms, Congress has already returned the draft to the committee for further review.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to appeal to our Congressmen to take heed of this demand for political reforms. Otherwise, we will have a Constitution that shall perpetuate this unjust, feudal system,\u201d Parcasio said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it will still be dominated by political dynasties, I don\u2019t think that it will be effective and succeed to address issues on effective delivery of public services, justice, and other related issues,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Parcasio added that it will be Congress that will make the final decision on the draft charter\u2019s content but said\u00a0it should be reflective of the people\u2019s demand to dismantle political dynasties.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going around the country and conducting consultations. And there is overwhelming support, based on the consultations, to once and for all settle the issue on political dynasty,\u201d Parcasio said.<\/p>\n

He, meanwhile, encouraged the public to participate in the drafting of their own Constitution, stressing that sovereignty resides in the people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people should take, you know, the initiative because you know Congress is their representative, but\u00a0their position may not necessarily be reflective of the demand, a strong demand for the dismantling of political dynasties,\u201d Parcasio said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe even told them to scrutinize, if possible revise or amend, the draft that we made in the ConCom, as well as all attempts to, you know, to change our Constitution. It must be a Constitution by the people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Parcasio clarified that President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s earlier statements that anti-political dynasties would not sit well with the public did not mean that he is against it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he just stated that it might not pass Congress because when we submitted the draft to him, he said he agrees with the draft,\u201d Parcasio said, adding that Duterte believes in the \u201ccorrectness\u201d of the proposal.<\/p>\n

He added that there are good and bad political dynasties, which might explain why the public might still be supportive of political families.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are good dynasties and bad dynasties. Davao City would be of course an exception to the, you know, the ills of political dynasties because we have a good dynasty in Davao, but that is an exception to the rule,\u201d Parcasio said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, ConCom Chairman and former Chief Justice Reynato Puno said Duterte himself will be the \u201cfirst casualty\u201d of the ban on political dynasties, should the country shift to a federal form of government.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s daughter, Sara, is the incumbent mayor of Davao City, while his son, Paolo, was former vice mayor.<\/p>\n

The President was also Davao City mayor for\u00a0more than 20 years before winning in the May 2016 presidential elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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