But Puno supported the proposed shift to a federal system of government because he said he believed the present system was too centralized, and this centralization explained why the Philippines was classified as a “failing democracy.”
To truly decentralize a unitary system’s considerable powers, he said, the devolution of powers must not come from a mere law but from the
Constitution itself.
Davide, however, sounded the alarm over federalism itself. “My position is: A shift to federalism is a lethal experiment, a fatal leap, a plunge to death, a leap to hell.” Strong words, but no name-calling, no insults, no trolling. Why was the experiment lethal? He said the nation’s history, the people’s character, the country’s culture best fit a unitary system of government. It had “proven itself so.”
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