It’s about time the Philippines and all Filipinos started thinking straight regarding the Sabah issue and understanding that the most important part of the Sabah issue is what the People of Sabah themselves think...
Many of the anti-reform naysayers who do not have an evil vested interest in maintaining the status quo tend to go against procedural systemic reforms such as shifting from the Presidential System to the...
The late founding Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, had been invited by the Philippine Business Conference to address them back on November 18, 1992, not long after he had already stepped down...
by the late Dr. Juan J. Linz As more of the world’s nations turn to democracy, interest in alternative constitutional forms and arrangements has expanded well beyond academic circles. In countries as dissimilar as...
ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION 1. Ano ang ibig sabihin ng pag-alis sa probisyong 60/40 sa ating Saligang Batas ng 1987? Ito ay ang pagbura ng Article 12 Sections 9 to 11 at iba pang mga probisyon...
The Federal-Parliamentary System is Preferable to a Federal-Presidential System: Sticking to the Presidential System may worsen Philippine Politics (This article came out of the book “Quest for a Federal Republic: The PDP-Laban Model of...
by Juan J. Linz (July 1985) INTRODUCTION In recent decades renewed efforts have been made to study and understand the variety of political democracies, but most of those analyses have focused on the patterns of political conflict...
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...
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...
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...
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!