Nation

INSIDE CEBU By Bobit S. Avila
Friday, August 8, 2000

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Finally, on that confounded accord between the GRP and the MILF, The Philippine STAR came up with that report and editorial on what Press Secretary Jess Dureza was thinking aloud… that this accord would need Charter change (Cha-cha). But doing a Cha-cha just for this accord is totally wrong. This country needs Charter change to depoliticize it, which federalism can help solve. But do we have the political will to usher in these real political changes to make ours a better-run country? I doubt it… it would be akin to China's getting rid of the politburo! Is this really a democracy?

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For e-mail responses to this article, write to vsbobita@.... Bobit Avila's columns can also be accessed through www.philstar.com. He also hosts a weekly talkshow, "Straight from the Sky," shown every Monday, 8 p.m., only in Metro Cebu on Channel 15 of SkyCable.

Opinion

What is rewarded,  is repeated
CTALK By Cito Beltran
Friday, August 8, 2008

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Come to think of it, this mess created by the GRP panel will probably be the brain twister for the month. Since the government is busy giving away jurisdiction, how far off are we from following the "Federal" form of government? Cebu would certainly want to insure their safety, prosperity and uniqueness as "An Island off the Philippines"!  So if we can't beat them, shall we join them? Or is this what the twisted tactician of the Arroyo administration really wanted, an excuse to rewrite the Constitution?



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Manuel Lino G. Faelnar

Chairman for Language and Culture,
Federalist Forum of the Philippines

Director
DILA Phils. Foundation, Inc.
(Defenders of the Indigenous Languages of the
Archipelago)

Director
Lubas sa Dagang Bisaya, Inc. (LUDABI)

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