THERE is a lot of talk among government politicians ( i.e.,
politicians aligning themselves with the government) about federalism. They are
even go so bold as to rush the change of the constitution in a month or two.
Why is there no talk at all about political dynasties? Why? It is still debatable whether federalism is
good for us or not, whether it can bring about progress or failure to our
country. Even our former chief justices have different views on it. And these
are brilliant legal minds. But it is a no-brainer to see that federalism with political dynasty is a sure formula for failure. It will surely divide our
country. Federalism will surely lead to feudalism and our country will be
turned into fiefdoms by various political families.
The abolition of political dynasties has been a mandate of
our 1987 constitution but it has never been a reality for us. It has never been
acted upon and legislated by our lawmakers. Why? Because more than 80% of our
congress people belong to political dynasties. And political dynasties belong
to the elite. This is why our congress people are elitists. They represent the
elite. Not even! They represent their own families! This is why in congress the
congress men and women do not represent the people in the true sense of the
word. They are not really elected by the people. They are put in congress
because of fraud, bullying, deceit and political machinations. And there their
families remain. Even our presidents of the republic, both of the present and
of the past, belong to political dynasties.
The phenomenon will continue to happen with federalism,
unless a clear prohibition is given by the constitution – not one to be acted
upon by congress, which again they will never do – that there be no political
dynasties and it is clearly stated what political dynasty means. But why, with
all the commotion and propaganda on federalism, political dynasties are not
mentioned? Why? Clearly because they want to wed the two – for their own sakes!
Each then will have their own turfs. Each will be entrenched there, without any
external control and even threat from outside their “states”. We will have a
chop-chop country, if ever there will still be one country!
Before clamoring for federalism, we should first shout:
“Away with political dynasties!” We can discuss about federalism, if there are
no political dynasties. Federalism then
may still be defensible. But with political dynasties, federalism will be a
sure failure.
A good gauge if our present political leaders are really
concerned for the good of the country is their action to take away political
dynasties, because corruption and poor governance are rooted in political
dynasties. This will spell the end of our democracy. But as we see now, this is
not how our current leaders act. Federalism is shouted in the air as the system
that will bring progress to the country without even a whimper about political
dynasties. They have their own family agendas. Can we trust them?
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