In December 2016, half a year into his term, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order No. 10, which created a 25-man consultative committee to revisit the 1987 Constitution. Though it is yet to convene, as of this writing, 19 out of 25 of the review body’s members have already been appointed. Concurrently, conversations on Charter change (Cha-cha) have been prioritized by […]

  “Giginhawa ba ang buhay ko sa federalism?” “Bakit parang minamadali ng gobyernong ito ang Charter Change?” These are some of the questions that surfaced in a roundtable discussion (RTD) on Charter Change and Federalism last December 13, 2017. The Institute for Leadership, Empowerment, and Democracy (iLEAD), in partnership with the FNF for Freedom and [...]