PAG AMYENDA SA LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE MAS GIKINAHANGLAN KAY SA FEDERALISMO

By Bayawanon

Duruha sa mga katarungan sa mga pundok sa nagduso sa FEDERALISMO mao ang mga sumusunod : 1) Nagsugyot sila nga ang share sa abot o revenue sa nasod pagatungaon sa central/federal government ug sa mga bag-ong matukod nga states, otsenta porsiento (80%) dapat ang bahin sa mga bag-ong matukod nga states ug biente porsiyento ang madawat sa central/federal government; 2) Nga matagaan unta ug igong kusog ang mga LUMAD o INDIGENOUS PEOPLE pinaagi sa federalismo.

Kung mao man lamang kini ang katarungan sa mga nagpaluyo aning FEDERALISMO, nganong dli na man lamang usbon ang LOCAL GOVERMENT CODE ug ibutang didto nga bahinan ug otsenta porsiyento (80%) ang local government units ug tagaan usab ug biente porsiyento (20%) nga bahin ang national government sa mga abot sa nasod ug sa pangagamhanang Pilipinhon?

Kung ang usa ka katarungan sa mga nagpaluyo niining FEDERALISMO mao lang man diay ang paghatag ug kusog sa pundok sa mga LUMAD o Indigenous People, ngano nga dili man kini gam-on pinaagi sa pag-amyenda sa LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE? Ang pagtukod ug INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S COUNCILS ilalom sa Local Government Code ug ang paghatag ug respeto sa kustombre ug tradisyon sa mga LUMAD nga ilatid usab sa maamyendahan nga Local Government Code magahatag ug igong kusog sa atong mga igsoong lumad.

Nganong usbon pa man ang kasamtangang pangagamhanan aron masulbad ang mga nahisgotang suliran sa unahan nga puwede ra man day masulbad ang nasangpit nga mga suliran pinaagi sa pag-amyenda sa Local Government Code? Usbon ba lang nato ang atong pangagamhanan kay walay mahimo ang atong mga magbabalaod sa duha nato ka nasyonal nga balay-balaorann? O naa ba kahay interes nga personal lambigit sa atong mga opisyales nga nagpaluyo niini?

Matud pa sa mga tigpanuki-duki o researchers nga ang gobyerno kinahanglan nga mogasto ug 40 BILYONES ka pesos aron makatukod ug ADMINSTRATIVE REGION, unsa na kaha ug magtukod tag DOSE (12) ka mga bag-o nga states nga dunay ehekutibo, hukmanan ug balay-balaoranan? Di ba mas mahal pa gyud ang magasto sa gobyerno tungod niini?

Ang pagbag-o sa pangamhanan usa ka mahal nga proseso kay usbon pa ang BATAKANG BALAOD o KONSTITUSYON pinaagi sa usa ka Constitutional Convention o usa ka Constituent Assembly, aron mausab ang pagpadalagan sa nasod, ug ikonsulta/isubmitar pa kini sa mga katawhan pinaagi ug usa ka PLEBISITO. Sa laktod nga pagkasulti mogasto pa ang gobyerno ug dako nga kuwarta aron mausab ang sistema sa pangagamhanan. Nan, ngano pa man ta mogasto ug dako nga masulbad ra man diay ang suliran pinaagi sa pag amyendaa sa LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE?

Alang nako ang pagbag-o sa pangamhanan nato gikan sa UNITARY-PRESIDENTIAL nga porma ngadto sa PARLIAMENTARYO-FEDERAL nga sistema usa ka pag-usik-usik ug kuwarta parte sa gobyerno sa Pilipinas nga magamit pa unta sa ubang mga proyekto nga dunay kalabutan sa serbisyo publiko. Tungod niini ako NANGHINGOSOG sa pagbabag ug pagsupak niining paglusad nila niining FEDERALISMO nga wala magdala ug kaayohan sa KATAWHANG PILIPINHON.

NO NEED FOR FEDERALISM, JUST AMEND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE

By Bayawanon

There are many proposals that are being presented by the Philippine Federalists for federalism to be a reality in the Philippines like the following: 1) Under the Federal Philippines, the sharing of the revenues of the central/federal government as against the state government shall be 20 percent for the central/federal government and 80 percent for the state government: 2) Giving more powers to the indigenous people by way of federalism.

The proposals that are presented by the federalists that can be found above can be met by not resorting to federalism but instead via amending the Local Government Code and provide such proposals therein. So, why change the constitution and push for a federal government?

By making a provision in the Local Government Code which would provide an eighty percent (80%) share of revenue in favor of the local governments and twenty percent (20%) in favor of the national government the problem/s as to this issue would already be solved.

By crafting a provision in the Local Government Code, establishing INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S COUNCILS, properly observing the indigenous people's customs and tradition and giving them benefits by way of social justice, the problem/s as to this issue would also be solved easily.

So, why change the constitution and change the form of government from UNITARY-PRESIDENTIAL FORM to FEDERAL-PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM when the issues at hand can simply be met by amending the Local Government Code? Does it mean to say that the people behind this are simply nothing but dumb leaders who have nothing to do but just to change the constitution and also change the form or system of government or do they simply push for the same for the ends of their personal interests?

We must all bear in mind, that by shifting the form of government from one form to another system, we have to change the constitution, and we have to spend billions of pesos to do the same. We must further consider the fact that studies would show that the government has to spend forty (40) billion pesos in creating an ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, how much more will the government spend in the creation of TWELVE (12) STATE OFFICES comprised of its executive, legislative and judicial branches? Will we simply let this happen when the issues at hand can simply be addressed by the Local Government Code's amendment?

A TRUE PATRIOT AND HERO

By Bayawanon

People who are serving in whatever field in pursuit of national glory is considered a patriot. An athlete who is representing his/her country is considered a patriot, much more if he/she fights on the battlefield for the freedom of his/her country.

Teofilo Yldefonso whose monicker was the "Ilocano Shark" represented the Philippine flag in the 200-meter breaststroke in swimming three times specifically in1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics. He grabbed the bronze medal in the said event during the 1928 and 1932 Olympics and landed seventh in the 1936 Olympics. Such feat is already recorded in the annals of history of the Philippine Sports since we can only count our fingertips as regards to the Filipino athletes who made us proud during the Olympics.

Yldefonso got 144 medals in his 16-year stint as a swimmer and became a member of the SWIMMING HALL OF FAME IN 2009. His unorthodox style of swimming known otherwise as the "Yldefonso stroke" is being adapted by pint-sized swimmers, especially by the Japanese swimmers.

Such accomplishments of Teofilo Yldefonso were already considered patriotic for giving glory to our motherland, the Philippines by way of the Olympics, but his greater legacy was the fact that he joined the Philippine Scout during the Second World War to save the Philippines from the Japanese invaders.

Yldefonso became a lieutenant in the Philippine Scout during the course of the Second World War and was one of those captured and joined the Death March. He survived the said harrowing march of death but later on died in a concentration camp in Capas, Tarlac due to the injuries he got from the said long, tiring and trying march.

His life can be a good inspiration for us, the new generation of Filipinos to be a TRUE PATRIOT AND HERO especially in this very challenging part of our national journey. May his sterling accomplishments be a guiding light for us to be freedom loving people and become good citizens of our country, the Philippines. May his likes increase and may the sunshine of the Philippines never fade in every challenge it has to face. So be it. Pls, visit the blog for more.

KAMATOORAN SA FEDERALISMO-PARLIAMENTARYO NGA PANGAGAMHANAN NI DUTERTE

By Bayawanon

Si Presidente Digong Duterte nangusog gayud nga mailisan ang atong Pilipinhong pangagamhanan gikan sa UNITARY-PRESIDENTIAL nga sistema paingon sa FEDERALISM-PARLIAMENTARY nga porma sa panggobierno aron kuno ma decentralized gayud ang pangagamhanan sa Pilipinas ug ma apod-apod kini sa mga bag-ong mga estado o mga gagmayng nasod nga mahimugso sa pagsiak-siak sa kasamtangang pangamhanan sa nasod nga Pilipinas.

Usa kini ka sayop nga panglantaw tungod kay ang Local Government Code sa Pilipinas nihatag na man ug igong kusog sa mga Local Governments sama sa mga lalawigan/probinsiya, mga dakbayan/siyudad, mga lungsod ug mga balangay/barangay..

Ang FEDERALISMO usa ka tigum sa mga gagmayng nasod aron makusgan sila ug dili kini usa ka pamaagi sa pag siak-siak o pagtunga-tunga sa usa ka nasod aron lamang usahon na pud siya. Kay unsa may usahonon nga usa na man ka nasod ang Pilipinas?

Ang Pilipinas usa na ka federalismo nga pangagamhanan sa usa ka teknikal nga pama-agi, tungod kay kini gilangkuban man sa otsentay uno o 81 ka mga lalawigan o probinsiya, sa laktod nga pagkasulti ANG PILIPINAS USA KA FEDERASYON SA MGA LALAWIGAN/PROBINSIYA. Nan unsa pa may atong langkubon o i federate nga nalangkub na man ang FEDERASYON SA MGA PROBINSIYA? Ang pulong nga FEDERAL nahisusama ra sab sa pulong nga FEDERASYON, sa ato pa FEDERAL na diay ang pangagamhanan sa PILIPINAS tungod niini.

Ang nakalain sa sistema sa pangagamhanan nga gisugyot ni Pangulong Duterte nga FEDERALISMO-PARLIAMENTARYO mao ang mosunod:

1) Ang mga Pilipino dili na magpili ug national officials kay magpili na lang sila ug mga miembro sa parliamento sa kada distrito, ang mga miembro sa parliamento magpiniliay ug kinsay mapili nga Primero Ministro o Prime Minister nga maoy maga function nga presidente. Sa ato pa ang mga botanteng Pilipinhon ma disenfranchised sa pagpili ug mga leader nga pang national sama sa presidente, bise-presidente ug mga senador;

2) Ang nasyonal nga parliiamento o national parliament pagalangkuban lamang sa usa ka balay-balaoranan (unicameral legislative system), dili pareho sa kasamtangang sistema nga naay duha ka balay-balaoranan, ang SENADO ug ang Kamara de Representante. Ang kasamtangang sistema sa paggama ug balaod mas maayo kay sa usa ka unicameral legislative system kay ang mga balaod sa kasamtangang sistema naayo man ug sala o pagpanday tungod sa mga proseso nga naagian sa duha ka mga balay-balaoranan;

3) Sa sistemang PARLIAMENTARYO ang Primero Ministro/Prime Minister maoy motindog nga Presidente. Ang Primero Ministro o Prime Minister magagikan gayud sa pinaka kusgan nga partido sa nasod, sa laktod nga pagka sulti si Pangulong Duterte molungtad gayud sa poder isip Prime Minister kay siya man nagagikan sa pinakakusgan nga partido sa nasod nga Pilipinas nga mao ang PDP-LABAN;

4) Ang kada REGION/REHION o STATE/ESTADO nga pagatukoron sa bag-ong porma sa panggobyerno unya, duna na pud unya ug ilang kaugalingon nga mga parliamento, senado o kongreso ba. Tungod niini mas modako pag-ayo ang atong GOBIERNO ug dako ang magasto sa gobyerno sa pag maintain niini;

5) Ang REGION/REHIYON o STATE/ESTADO nga pagatukoron sa bag-ong porma sa pangagamhanan, duna pud unya iyahang EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT nga pagapangulohon sa usa ka presidente o usa ka gobernador ug pagalangkuban usab kini ug usa ka grupo sa mga gabinete. Usa kini ka tataw nga timailhan nga mas modako pa gyud ang gobierno sa maong sistema ug nga mas dako ang magasto sa gobyerno sa pagpadalagan niini;

6) Ang bag-ong maumol nga mga REHIYON/ESTADO/STATE aduna na pud unya ilahang tagsa-tagsa ka mga JUDICIAL SYSTEM ug duna na pud unya sila nagkalain-laing mga Supreme Court. Ang Supreme Court sa nasyonal nga level lahi ikompara sa mga Supreme Court sa kada rehiyon/state/estado nga maglangkub sa FEDERAL GOVERNMENT sa PILIPINAS;

7) Duna na unya lain-lain nga mga KODIGO PENAL o criminal penal codes, ug lain-lain nga mga pamalaod sa kada rehiyon/estado/state nga mamugna sa bag-ong PARLIAMENTARYO-FEDERLISMO nga gobyerno sa Pilipinas;

8) Ang kada rehiyon/state/estado nga maumol sa bag-ong sistema sa panggobyerno aduna usab ilang tagsa-tagsa ka mga SISTEMA SA PAMUWIS o TAX SYSTEM nga lahi ikumpara sa NATIONAL TAX SYSTEM. Sa ato pa ang mga lungsuranon duna unya duha ka klase sa buwis nga bayaran ang NATIONAL TAX SYSTEM ug ang STATE/REGIONAL TAX SYSTEM;

9) Ang kada rehiyon o estado nga maumol ilalom sa gisugyot nga panggobyerno ni Pangulo Rodrigo Duterte duna unya upat ka elemento sa usa ka nasod nga mao ang mga mosunod: 1) GOBYERNO; 2) KATAWHAN; 3) TERITORYO ug 4) SOBERENYA. Ug tungod niini ang mga maumol nga nga estado o rehiyon puwedeng medeklarar ug INDEPENDENSIYA batok sa inahang nasod nga Pilipinas nga dili na kinahanglan ang rebolusyon.

Tungod niining akong gipanglatid nga mga katarungan, klaro ug tataw lang kaayo nga ang gisugyot nga matang sa panggobyerno ni Pangulo Rodrigo Duterte usa ka mahal nga panggobyerno ug dili dapig sa mga kabus nga mga lungsoranon nga mga Pilipino, Ikaduha, usa kini ka pangagamhanan nga maga bahinbahin sa kapupud-ang Pilipinhon Ug tungod niini angay lamang kini batukan ug babagan sa kinabag-ang panon sa katawhan aron ang tanang lungsuranong Pilipinhon dili mahitumpawak sa kaalautan. HINAUT PA UNTA.

A CHALLENGE TO THE PRESIDENT: BE PURPOSE DRIVEN

By Bayawanon

Dr. Rick Warren, a renowned American preacher would tell us and would explain in his New York Times Best Selling Book entitled THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE that as creations and as sons and daughters of GOD, we have a purpose in life, and our purpose is to praise and please him.

Dr. Warren by way of bible verses would expound that as persons we can praise GOD by doing good in our job and by offering it to HIM, hence we are still praising GOD by becoming good mechanics, good cooks, good carpenters, good teachers, good soldiers, good politicians, good public servants etc. etc. and offer it all to him.

Now, the question is this, is the Philippine President purpose driven? Does his purpose in life really to please our MAKER? Do the extra-judicial killings that happen in the Philippine archipelago by way of his orders please GOD? Do the skyrocketing prices of commodities and the soaring taxes make him a good leader and thereby please GOD? Does the president's siding with a communist hegemon of the world please GOD when the latter stifles freedom of religion and promotes atheism?

If the answer to the questions I have propounded above would be in the negative ... then the president is not purpose driven. He may be purpose driven but the one that drives him to lead the country in the wrong direction is not GOD but his personal glory.

In relation to this, I am challenging the president to be PURPOSE DRIVEN before it is too late, I'm challenging him to change his leadership style and his policies which are inimical to the best interest of the people before he destroys everything, for if he destroys anything clearly his life would actually not be considered as a PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE.

DISCERNMENT IS JUST A VOCABULARY FOR THE FILIPINOS

By Bayawanon

When a citizen supports a president who slaughters bad people in the name of the DRUG WAR without giving the bad citizens a chance to change, it seems that that citizen cannot discern what is good from bad.

When a citizen supports the number one national leader of the land in leaving or even giving parts of the territory of his/her country to a giant neighbor-country, it follows that he/she does not know what he/she is doing.

When a citizen supports the national chieftain in its aim to higher the taxes of the land to the extent that such tax measure is already inti-poor, it would seem that he /she lacks discernment.

When a citizen supports her/his national idol in having a gargantuan, colossal loan from a neighboring country which is a political hegemon with exorbitant interest rates and preferring such gigantic country over and above some international organizations with small interest rates, it would seem that he/she does not have a discernment in supporting his/her idol.

When a person supports his/her so-called national savior in actually dividing the state and unite it again via FEDERALISM when nothing has to be federalized because the Philippines is already UNITED under a unitary government, then she/he may not have a discernment in finding what the truth is all about.

Are the Filipinos that naive are or are they simply and plainly idolaters? Can they not see the damage that they are doing by supporting the supreme national leader of the land who is technically destroying the country? Do they see things the other way around like considering a curse to be a blessing or bad to be good and vice-versa, or do they simply do not have that so-called DISCERNMENT?

With the foregoing facts that I have enumerated above, the one who is in right mind would think that DISCERNMENT is nothing but just a VOCABULARY for the Filipinos.

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF A FILIPINO VOTER (PART 1) : VOTE SELLING

By Bayawanon

Vote selling is rampant during election time in the Philippines, the majority of the voters sell their votes and at the same time expect that the politicians who bought their votes would serve them to the best of their ability even if they were already paid by the latter.

Issues are no longer important in the campaign, political platforms are not already important to them, political resume's of some good candidates won't matter to them, because to the voters, what is important is the money that they would receive from the candidates.

What is sad with this reality is this, in a small amount of money that a candidate has given the voters, the populace would suffer for a long time. The winners in an election would get back the investments that they have released during the election by way of siphoning the coffers of the Barangay, Municipality, City, Province or Country as the case may be.

This practice of the voting public keeps on happening every election and still, the people cannot learn from their lessons. They keep on complaining why the government services are so slow and that development is turtle-paced when they have contributed to such a scenario.

When can the Filipinos learn from their mistakes? Have they not noticed that as they become poorer and poorer the pockets of their elected officials are becoming bigger and bigger? Will political renaissance happen in the Philippines or will it remain a dream?

With the problem like vote selling in the Philippines, I still hope that the people would soon be awakened from the political slumber that they are in and that in their rise from such political sleep, they would start a better future by becoming more decisive, because their decisiveness in choosing good leaders could be a great leap for them to have a better and greater future.

COMMUNISM IN CHINA MUST STOP

By Bayawanon

Communism in China must stop since it stifles freedom of every Chinese citizen in that country. Religious freedom is outlawed in Communist China because from the very beginning, the teachings of early communists like Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, religion must be discouraged in communism since the same is the opium of the masses, opium in the sense that it would be the window for the people to seek the truth and may lead for change by revolution.

In China, the right to suffrage of the people is not actually and properly observed, as a matter of fact, the elections in China are only elections in name, because the communist party is the only and sole political party in China, hence it would follow that the political leaders in China belong to just one political party and that's the Communist Party of China.

China is actually bullying its citizens, how much more with regard to other citizens and countries of the world if the same (China) would be successful in propagating communism universally?. You just try to look at her bullyings in the South China Sea by taking islands and islets therein and even owning the rest of the waters of the said Sea by way of its embellished invention, the so-called NINE DASH LINE DOCTRINE.

This political colossus (China) is also violating international decisions from the International Tribunal on the Law of the Seas by not submitting to the decisions of the latter in the matter of the South China Sea row, in connection to the Spratlys issue when the Philippines won its case before the said tribunal.

The communist giant (China) is also supporting North Korea, another communist state in its very dangerous nuclear program. The said program had already many tests which put all of the North Korean neighbors in the Asia Pacific region in peril.

In connection to these, every freedom loving citizen of the world must show her/his disgust against China by not buying its products because buying its products would tantamount to supporting its economy which it uses for the spreading of communism in the world. So be it.

THE U.S. WOULD WIN IN A SHOOTING WAR WITH CHINA

By Bayawanon

I have read an article saying that the United States of America would win in a shooting war with Communist China. China might be strengthening her economic and military forces and it can copy military technologies from the United States because it is sending scholars to the States. But China has a problem on how to operate the technologies and military armaments it has copied from the United States, in this regard the U. S. would win against China if a war erupts between the two, since only the U.S. military operatives who have the mastery over modern weaponry can operate the newly invented military arms. China's military might be modern but the operators of their armaments might be ill-equipped in training, and this can be the key to a Chinese military loss against the Americans.

Secondly, the most prestigious military school in the world can be found in the States, the United States Military Academy a.k.a. Westpoint Military Academy, the best naval school in the universe can be found also in America, the United States Naval Academy otherwise known as the Annapolis Naval Academy and one of the best flying schools in the world can also be found in America, the United States Air Force Academy.

Thirdly the U.S. military, naval and flying schools are being managed and maintained by career air force, naval, marine, and army officers whereas the Academy of the PLA ( People's Liberation Army of China) are maintained by Chinese communist politicians and not by its traditional military officers, thereby making its military academy politicized and not militarized.

How can China win against the United States of America if that is the case? Of course, Chinese military victory over the Americans is far from reality but we still have to cross our fingers that a clash between the two economic and military titans would not happen for it might be the door for a THIRD WORLD WAR if not the window for the annihilation of the human race.