(Lecture given by Dr. Negasso Gidada, Former President of the FDRE, for a group from University of Maryland as part of UMD Study Abroad- Ethiopia 2015: University of Maryland Program in Ethiopia: The Policy and Politics of...
by Geoffrey de Q. Walker (Professor Emeritus from the University of Queensland) (This article was originally taken from the Parliament of Australia website) The new `age of federalism’ Worldwide interest in federalism is probably stronger...
Back in the 1980’s there was an extremely popular TV show called Knight Rider. It featured a crime-fighter with a talking car named KITT, short for “Knight Industries Two-Thousand.” KITT was a high-tech Pontiac...
Winnie Monsod was being preposterous when she chided those individuals who rejected posts in Duterte’s cabinet because of the paltry pay. To paraphrase her, she said that they should not even be thinking about...
Of all the most important systemic and fundamental constitutional reforms that must be implemented in order to improve the Philippines, Federalism is the reform that has the most solid support among most ordinary Filipinos....
An insightful CoRRECTor, Louis Gerard del Rosario wrote a very good status update: Yes, a parliamentary system is a hard sell to many Filipinos, because it does not allow direct election of the head of...
These days, when you think about Singapore, you imagine a photo of the “three buildings with a boat on top.” If you have friends who have been to Singapore, they prove that they visited...
Why Both Roles Should Be Separate, Especially in the Philippine Setting I am no political scientist and I don’t claim to be one now in writing this. I am writing this based on my...
This old article from 27 April 2006 by Alex Magno emphasizes that Mahathir bin Mohamad of Malaysia and the late Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore could only emerge from the electoral mechanisms of a...
by Erwin S. Fernandez Abung na Panagbasay Pangasinan (House of Pangasinan Studies) Although José Rizal and Andrés Bonifacio met on some points in their politics, they diverged from their concepts of Philippine nation and...
The late John Gokongwei was pro-Constitutional Reform
How will the Government pay for its COVID-19 Expenses?
Constitutional Reform First before claiming Sabah!
Why Do So Many Filipinos Misunderstand System Change?
Lee Kuan Yew at the Philippine Business Conference
Federalism & Decentralization: Evaluating Africa’s Track Record
Juan Linz: The Perils of Presidentialism
Frequently Asked Questions (Tagalog)
The Parliamentary System can fix Philippine Politics
Presidential or Parliamentary – Does it Make a Difference?
Federalism in Africa: The Case of Ethiopia – Challenges & Prospects
Rediscovering the Advantages of Federalism
Centrist Proposals Executive Summary
The PDP-Laban Federalism Executive Summary
KITT vs KARR: Systems & Algorithms Matter
Why are the Monsods so anti-Constitutional Reform?
How does Federalism work?
What if we were Parliamentary back in 2009?
TOM RODRIGUEZ is a solid Constitutional Reform advocate!