A legislative district according to current Philippine laws should have at least 250,000 people or one province whichever is applicable so one congressman carries in his shoulder the voice of more or less a quarter of a million people whenever he goes to work at Batasang Pambansa. In this context, a congressman should vote in any proceedings not on the will of any political party but on the will of his constituents, failure to do so will mean betrayal of the trust of the people. As far as I'm concerned betraying the trust and confidence of the constituents entrusted upon the congressmen is unacceptable considering how much they get from our (taxpayers) money.
A couple of weeks ago, the house of representatives passed Resolution 1109 which seeks to convene congress into a constituent assembly most popularly known as con-ass. In this scenario, congresspeople (representatives and senators) would have the freedom to play with no less than the fundamental law of the land, the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Ammendments can be as straightforward as letting foreigners own Philippine land (according to the Con-ASS people) or as painstaking as converting our current presidential form of government into a fragile parliamentary form. Opposition lawmakers aren't in favor of the con-ass because thay say LAKAS-Kampi members could extend the term of their beloved PGMA wherein they are quick to respond that they won't. Of course they won't explicitly do it because if they will, their lies and deceit will be apparent, there's a lot of ways of killing a dog, the old saying goes.
Why would GMA want to stay in power, you ask? Do Jocjoc Bolante, Fertilizer Fund, ZTE-NBN, and Hello Garci ring a bell? Staying in power means immunity from prosecution is the simple answer. But the administration lawmakers just said that they won't extend her term? As president, no but as prime minister? See my point?
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by: Ivar
6/28/09 10:08 A.M.
