Op-ed: Philippine shift to federalism necessitates establishment of constitutional court

By Ranhilio Aquino, 16 August 2016
Photo credit: CNN Philippines
Photo credit: CNN Philippines
<p>President Digong [Rodrigo Duterte]<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; line-height: 20.4px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 20.4px;">wants us to go federal—and since he commands a “supermajority” in the Legislature, it appears that we are indeed headed in that direction. &nbsp;There are voices of dissent, to be sure, and still others exhort thorough and assiduous study that should go into crafting our own version of decentralizing government. &nbsp;A constitutional amendment will not do.
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