{"id":5779,"date":"2023-01-28T10:48:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T02:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csspsinag.wordpress.com\/?p=5779"},"modified":"2023-01-28T10:48:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T02:48:52","slug":"cha-cha-is-not-a-silver-bullet-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2023\/01\/28\/cha-cha-is-not-a-silver-bullet-2\/","title":{"rendered":"“Cha-cha is not a silver bullet”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We also humbly remind our honorable decision makers that constitutional change is NOT the \u201csilver bullet\u201d or the holy elixir to cure our country\u2019s problems. It is not a panacea to remedy our socio-economic ills or the only means to accomplish our national desires and aspirations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UP Diliman Department of Political Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On congressional initiatives to amend the 1987 Constitution<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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We also humbly remind our honorable decision makers that constitutional change is NOT the \u201csilver bullet\u201d or the holy elixir to cure our country\u2019s problems. It is not a panacea to remedy our socio-economic ills or the only means to accomplish our national desires and aspirations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UP Diliman Department of Political Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On congressional initiatives to amend the 1987 Constitution<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In response to proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution pushed forward by Marcos allies in Congress, the UP Department of Political Science raised questions about the timing and necessity of changing the constitution, reminding lawmakers that it is not a \u201csilver bullet\u201d that will fix all of the nation’s problems instantly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department presented their statement on Thursday, January 26, as the House of Representatives\u2019 Committee on Constitutional Amendments held the first of several \u201cmarathon hearings\u201d pushing for changes to the constitution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat is the current political, economic, and social dispensation that would warrant a major constitutional overhaul?\u201d they asked in their statement, saying that legislation and policy interventions might be better suited for such problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comparing the current situation with previous initiatives to change the constitution, the department also pointed out that the current push for a change in the constitution lacked both the \u201cspecial historical moments\u201d and the public clamor to justify them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also responded to claims that the people were calling for a change in the law of the land, an argument that has been pushed by Duterte allies in 2016, showing data from a Pulse Asia survey in 2018 that says almost 7 out of 10 Filipinos are against these initiatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same survey, they also found that almost three quarters of the country had \u201clittle, almost no, or no knowledge\u201d of the Constitution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Pulse Asia\u2019s surveys on most urgent national concerns, top responses usually include controlling inflation, improving\/increasing workers\u2019 pay, fighting criminality. Creating more jobs, and fighting graft and corruption in government. Since 2016, not more than 2 to 4% of the respondents consider changing the Constitution as urgent.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department also answered claims that the president\u2019s \u201cclear majority vote\u201d gave him the mandate to change the constitution, showing that even Marcos\u2019s stand on the issue was unclear, and that it did not play a major part in the campaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe cannot proceed with Charter change without a genuine buy-in of an informed public, let alone its absence in the presidential legislative agenda,\u201d they asserted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the department warned against railroading constitutional changes, saying that it would be hard to legitimize given the more pressing crises faced by the country such as high inflation, poor public infrastructure, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe realities of the fiscal and logistical demands required to roll-out credible and substantive processes to change the constitution make it an even more problematic pursuit, especially in the face of more urgent and immediate local and national problems,\u201d the position paper stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cha-cha must be \u201cinclusive and transparent,\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The point of a new constitution, the department said in their paper, is to \u201cbreak from the immediate past and usher in a new political order.\u201d Thus, they argued, the people need to know exactly what this break means in the current context. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSimply put, the overarching change envisioned in the current constitutional reform process must articulate the nature of the break that it wishes to achieve. It must also be crystal clear that the problems the charter revision wishes to address cannot be done through constitutional amendment, regular legislation, and\/or executive action. Our people need to hear from the political leadership answers that are based on grounded and evidence-based claims. Our people deserve no less.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The department said that the proponents, in order to ensure that the constitution-making process is a national endeavor, should fully articulate the intiatives vision and goals, provide a clear process and time frame, define responsibilities for the process, introduce broad particiaptiy mechanisms, and provide safeguards against misinformation and undemocratic practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also urged the President to be clear about his stance on the issue, as well as possible authorities to spearhead the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We also humbly remind our honorable decision makers that constitutional change is NOT the \u201csilver bullet\u201d or the holy elixir to cure our country\u2019s problems. It is not a panacea to remedy our socio-economic ills or the only means to accomplish our national desires and aspirations. UP Diliman Department of Political Science On congressional initiatives […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[122],"class_list":["post-5779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tindig-black_flush-right-6-1.png","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5945,"url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2023\/03\/12\/huling-tulak-para-sa-cha-cha-sasalubungin-ng-protesta\/","url_meta":{"origin":5779,"position":0},"title":"Huling tulak para sa Cha-cha, sasalubungin ng protesta","author":"Staff","date":"12 March 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Magkakasa ng kilos-protesta bukas, Marso 13, 9:30 n.u., sa harapan ng House of Representatives, upang tutulan ang iniraratsadang Charter Change ng mga kaalyado ng kasalukuyang administrasyon.\u00a0 Nakatakda bukas, ang huling pagbasa ng House Bill 7352 o ang panukalang nagtutulak ng pagbabago ng saligang batas sa pamamagitan ng isang Constitutional Convention.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "National News"","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/category\/news\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img_0808-1-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img_0808-1-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img_0808-1-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img_0808-1-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img_0808-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sinag.press\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img_0808-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6265,"url":"https:\/\/sinag.press\/news\/2024\/02\/25\/wala-nang-sasayaw-sa-lumang-tugtugin-ng-cha-cha\/","url_meta":{"origin":5779,"position":1},"title":"Wala Nang Sasayaw sa Lumang Tugtugin ng Cha-Cha!","author":"Staff","date":"25 February 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Matapos mailantad ang kalabnawan ng pagkakaisa ng kanyang UniTeam at ang bumubulusok na suporta niya mula sa taumbayan, mukhang mabibigo na naman si Marcos sa pangarap niyang kumubra ng kapangyarihan katulad ng kanyang ama sa pamamagitan ng pagbabago ng saligang batas. 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