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From: Manila Bulletin
Date: 20070612
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Byline: HECTOR R.R. VILLANUEVA

INEXORABLY, the Philippines, sooner than later, must adopt a parliamentary form of government where nearly 97 percent of the total memberships comprising the United Nations operate under a Parliamentary system with their own individualized variations and adaptations.

With the bizarre and ominous outcome of the last election, it was audacious and politically courageous of House Speaker Jose de Venecia to renew the call for parliamentarism in the belief that Charter change, that is, revision and amendments to the 1987 Constitution, is overdue, ...

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