THE DRAFT CHARTER By: Rodolfo RV Vicerra* * Former - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

A PERSONAL VIEW ON

THE DRAFT CHARTER

By: Rodolfo “RV” Vicerra*

* Former Director-General, Congressional Planning and Budget Office, House of Representatives

Other Areas of Concern

qCosts of Shifting to Federalism

Ø Choose a relevant year Ø Refer to www.dbm.gov.ph for BESF or GAA

§ Senate or House Budget ÷

• No. of Members

§ SC or Sandigan÷ No. of Members § OP Total Budget ÷ No. of Regions

Ø Apply to the approved or contemplated additions in the bureaucracy: RL, REC, RSC.

Budgets for 2017

(PhP '000) Personnel Services Maintenance Other OpEx Capital Outlay Fin Expense Total Senate of the Phils. 2,302,509 1,813,302 4,115,811 House of Reps. 4,136,741 4,801,085 8,937,826 Office of the President 747,051 2,282,774 660 3,030,485 Supreme-Court 1,775,480 2,352,407 1,393,724 5,521,611 Court-of-Appeals 1,361,504 444,372 3,600 1,809,476 Sandiganbayan 357,079 140,968 2,625 500,672

Current 2019 P600 B P3.7 Trillion 16.2%

NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

84% OF THE BUDGET 16% OF THE BUDGET

Two layers of A SYSTEMIC DYSFUNCTION

No effective organizational reach to final clients/beneficiaries 84% OF THE BUDGET Effective presence but limited resources and capable manpower to implement programs.

READER ON CHARTER CHANGE

Charter Amendment Efforts and Areas of Concern People’s Initiative for Reform, Modernizati

• n and

Action (PIRMA) President Erap - Constitutiona l Correction for Development (Concord) Senate Joint Resolution

• No. 10

(2003) - Nene Pimentel Draft Constitutiona l Consultative (Abueva) Commission

• President

Gloria Arroyo PDP-Laban Federalism Institute Draft Version 1.0 Consultative Committee Bayanihan Draft People's Draft Resolution 15 of Both Houses

Parliamentary Form of Gov’t.

P P P P x P x

Unicameral Legislature

P x P x x P x

Federalism - Regional Gov'ts

P P P P P P

Political and Electoral Reforms

P P P

2 Party System

Proposed Economic Reforms

P P P P P

Except Lands, Utilities

Mode of Amending the Constitution

People's Initative Constituent Assembly Constituent Assembly Constituent Assembly Constituent Assembly Constituent Assembly Constituen t Assembly Constituen t Assembly

Lifting Term Limits

P x x x x

Changing Term of Office

x P P P P P P

LOOK BACK: Past Charter Change attempts and why they failed.

Charter Change has been brought up by almost every administration since Martial Law Sofia Tomacruz, https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/flashback/193825-past-attempts-charter-change- philippines-failed

“Our skepticism is rooted in the Marcos era where the dictator used constitutional change to duck term

• limits. Since that trust was betrayed,

politicians have not earned our respect.” Dante Gatmaytan – Professor, U.P. College of Law “The reason the many attempts of Congress

• r groups to change the 1987 Constitution

failed is not by reason of intrinsic merit. It is because the attempts were viewed as nothing but veiled attempts to extend the term of office of the President. That is the simple reason.” Retired Supreme Court (SC) Justice Vicente Mendoza “The president (Arroyo) decided to push for

• nly one amendment: to change our

presidential government with a bicameral congress to a parliamentary government that would be unicameral. She dropped our proposal to change our unitary republic into a federal republic and to liberalize the nationalistic provisions on foreign participation in our economy.“ – Dr. Jose Abueva

Other Areas of Concern

qHow to maximize the accountabilities of public servants.

Ø People’s participation in planning, budgeting and monitoring Ø Power to stop implementation of tainted projects Ø Obligatory reporting on the web Ø Town hall meetings Ø Integrity Circles Ø Developing Regional / Provincial level Policy Research capabilities Ø Stronger links between press and policy researchers / experts

v SALN’s v Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (R.A. 3019) v Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees (R.A.6713) v Administrative Code

• f 1987 (E.O.297)

v Impeachment

[All I want is Federalism]

Remove the complexities of Chacha. One at a time. Focus for faster achievement of the promised reforms.

FEDERALISM – NOW NA!

The principle of subsidiarity must be accorded with highest respects. We need to trust our people more. With resources to help enhance their capacities, citizens can greatly assist in extracting accountabilities from regional and local leaders.