In support of the move, Felongco said NAPC will be holding regional consultations with sectoral organizations to enlist their support on
federalism.
What's more,
federalism will only give more powers, uncontrollable powers, to local officials and leave the central authority unable to exercise control unless the system has a strong President.
Federalism was included in both the President's Legislative Agenda and the Common Legislative Agenda for the 17th Congressing contractualization and
federalism are both campaign promises of President Duterte.
But with 85% popularity, the President can muster it to advance
federalism.
The Inter-Agency Task Force on
Federalism and Constitutional Reform is still finalizing the proposed changes to the Constitution, for submission to the Pwho will approve the final version.
Dominguez earlier warned against rushing into the planned shift to
federalism, saying Con-Com's draft had "ambiguous and unclear" provisions on revenue and spending assignment.
'I want to appreciate the president on his position on true
federalism. I want to also call on him, to address the issue, the way he perfectly handled the June 12, which today earned him a lot of respect and leadership qualities.
It is noteworthy that in a long preamble, which constitutes almost half the document, there is no reference to
federalism which had featured prominently in the resolutions of the previous four conferences of Equatoria Community.
As a collection on
federalism, this book is a useful and practical contribution.
Taken together, these essays suggest that
federalism is the new nationalism.
Ahmad Hajjar, a government official and economist, observed that the transformation to
federalism is costly and the current budget will only be able to deliver less than 50 per cent of the operating expenses of the new system.