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Last April 25, 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte initiated the consultative
committee (Con-Com) to propose and discuss revisions of 14 of the 18 Articles of
the 1987 Philippine Constitution to adopt a federal and presidential form of
government with a bicameral legislature.
Barangay officials all over the country do not need to wait for the green light
of officials from Manila to procure funds for their projects. Let’s strengthen Local
Government Code. We Filipinos do not need new political impositions and other
additional income burdens. We need a government that starts with us. The closer
the civil servants are, the more effective our needs to be provided.
There is no progressive country unless its local units are productive and
progressive; no beautiful country unless its localities are beautiful; and no peaceful
country unless its villages are orderly and peaceful. We do need stronger barangays
but also educated ones. We need to allow the people to be able to question and
remove them from office immediately if proven they are not worthy of the position.