Electoral System, Parties and Bureaucracy: The Missing Links in the Charter Change Debate - September 2006
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Efforts to amend the 1987 Constitution have distinctively marked the national agenda since the early 90s. Years of political instability and economic downturns have prompted key sectors of society, and the constituency it has spawned, to propose changes in the post-Marcos charter. Specifically, they want a shift to a parliamentary system of government. According to them, this form of government will correct the structural deficiencies inherent in the country’s political system that inhibit sustained stability and growth.
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