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Will the Con Ass proposal approved at the Lower Chamber adopt into the Upper Chamber? Or let us backtrack a bit? Uncharacteristic haste aptly describes the passage of the so-called cha-cha (charter change) train that it looks more like a ‘bullet-train’ (as Golez aptly quips) and not your ordinary train in the railroad tracks. Signs [...]
Finally after ten years of mixed membership, the House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines shall have 20% of its members coming from the party-list (proportional representation) voting system. This 20-percent constitutional mandate is fulfilled by the new Supreme Court ruling on April 21, 2009. For the first time in ten years, the [...]
There are several vectors of interesting thought today. Take this plurk from @tonyocruz. He thinks “some folks who detest mass actions are just (vainly) covering up their own inaction.” Then there is one from @rivengodwin who asked, “if the (Fundamental Attribution Error) is a prevailing mindset when talking about the state of Filipinos.” I’ve responded to [...]
Whether or not CHA-CHA succeeds to capture Filipinos everywhere I think is irrelevant. Reading Philippine Election Journal is a breath of fresh blogging air. Why? Janette has a very interesting post on Putting Young Blood in Congress. Which is exactly what every Filipino interested in real change should strive for. I agree that it is a [...]
Ah, the wisdom of “expert insight“, indeed. Abe finally got around to at least referring to my child-like queries in a characteristically-Pinoy pa-hilis sort of way here: [...] In impeachment, however, the un-election process is one step removed from the decision of the final arbiter, who by way of holding their representatives directly accountable may [...]
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