Fifth of a series
THIS series started with "Bankruptcy in Philippine politics," followed by "Executive and legislative disequilibrium," exposing the distortion of the balance of power, a cherished democratic tenet handed down to us by our American colonialists. This complicit manipulation by our political leadership produced an anomalous 2025 budget and precipitated some sort of citizens pretend-indignation, in a misnamed "peace rally" by a powerful sect. Last week's was a cursory discussion of an alternative form of government by way of highlighting the most advanced and successful countries in the world that adopted the principles inherent in a federal-parliamentary form of government ("Federal parliamentary and EDSA version 2.0, The Manila Times, Jan. 29, 2025).
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