Twenty-five years after its ratification, the 1987 Constitution has survived serious attempts to change it during the presidencies of Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada, and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. What were the reasons for the attempts and why did they fail? For persons and organizations with valid reasons to explore Charter Change, what are the available options? What is a systematic way to explore and pursue it? These are some of the questions this book examines and answers.
This paper explores the pros and cons of a people’s initiative, by revisiting the attempts of PIRMA and Sigaw ng Bayan, and examining the barriers to making it operational and applicable.
This paper offers more assurance of legislative oversight in a soft state with a tendency towards heavy-handed presidency.
This paper explains the significance of digital convergence to poor countries. It offers a measure to address the insufficiency of the institutional environment to keep up with the convergence process, to clarify policy ambiguities pertaining to the rules of competition and interconnection.
This provides full transcription of the high-profile seminar on charter change in 2008.
This paper is espousing that liberalization of professional and educational services will enhance economic competitiveness of the country in medium to long terms.
This paper argues that Islamic tradition can permit a Bangsamoro Federal Islamic State within a secular democratic system.
This paper reviews the recourse to emergency powers by four presidencies and examining the intended and unintended consequences.