Tagosds.Org Discussion Board

Laung ni Speaker Joe de Venecia, an next sessions kuno nan congress kay about sa cha cha. Unoy iyo stand on this issue?

do you think mas madayaw an federalist form or an present system(presidential form of government).

is there a need to change the system? yaun kaha significant changes sa ato pang goberno kun mag change kita nan sistema?

aduy manto..simbako..uno'y pasabot nan iton hahaha!!

Many Filipinos think of the switch to the Parliamentary form of government as a simple switch like changing clothes from formal to informal. This is simply not the case.

A switch to another form of government is very expensive and an expense that the government couldn't afford at the present time. Very few people think of these and not realize that the government would allocate expenses for such mundane things as government stationaries, books, signs, distributions, etc. These and other expenses can easily amount to billions of pesos. And for what? To have the same people go at it again; stealing from the coffers, placing their favorite relatives in high paying positions (without qualifications, etc.)

The Philippines do not have a Margaret Thatcher, nor a Lee Kwan Yew, or even a Mahatir. Not at the present moment anyway. Margaret Thatcher saved the British from the throes of socialism, Lee Kwan Yew built Singapore despite great odds when they were thrown there practically by the British and Malaysians. And Mahatir saved Malaysia from breaking apart into Malay, Chinese and Hindu camps. He championed the Malay cause and made them equal to the other ethnic groups. These are great leaders that made their nation great. If we have these qualities in our present leaders, perhaps we can switch to a Parliamentary form of government and not worry about the consequences.