Marcos says PH taking first step of federalism

Manila Bulletin

The Philippines is “doing the first step” to becoming a federal government “in all but name,” President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Thursday, Aug. 24. (Video Courtesy of RTVM)  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2023/8/24/in-all-but-name-marcos-cites-ph-doing-first-step-of-federal-gov-t  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00 There has to be a central tenet, a central principle to what we are doing.

00:11 And that is, we were talking here about federalism.

00:16 And what we have started to do, kahit na in all but name, ating ginagawa ay talagang

00:24 ibinibigay ang discretion, ang power, ang function hanggat maari sa pinaka mababa na

00:33 level na maari nating gawin.

00:35 So we are doing the first step of the federal government for the Philippines in all but

00:46 name.

00:47 And that is what we will continue to do.

00:50 And that is very simple, that derives from a very simple idea, that the stability of

01:00 a political structure is much more dependent, much more reliable when we have many power

01:11 centers.

01:12 If the power centers only belong here in Manila, then pagsakin mo yung Manila, bagsakang buong

01:18 Pilipinas, dahil kahit anong may mangyare sa isang lugar, kahit bumagsak yan, basta

01:24 nasira, hindi na talaga pwede, nagkagera, whatever, tuloy pa rin yung mga iba.

01:31 Hindi nasisira ang buong sistema.

01:34 And that is what we, that is the central ideology of the PFP.

01:39 Thank you.

01:40 [END]

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