from a Philippine Star columnist:Change the Constitution for political changeFROM A DISTANCE
By Carmen N. Pedrosa (The Philippine Star)
January 18, 2014
I received an interesting posting from election lawyer Romulo Macalintal. He said “With only one law passed, it’s time to abolish Congress.“
He goes on to say just how much was spent by Filipino taxpayers to have that one law passed. “
The very dismal performance of our legislators in 2013 with only one insignificant law enacted for that year with a whopping P35.2 billion budget, is enough justification to call for a Charter change to abolish Congress and let the provincial governors and mayors of highly urbanized cities to form the legislative assembly.“
Worse he adds that “based on the 2013 budget of Congress, the annual appropriation for the Senate and the House of Representatives was P3.3 billion and P6.4 billion respectively.â€
-emphasis mine
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