THE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE VOTED FOR THE OPPOSITION SENATORIABLES IN THE LAST CONCLUDED ELECTIONS

Federalism is not very popular in the countryside nowadays, but the same political system may push through because the Senate is now composed of the SUPER MAJORITY coming from PDP-LABAN, HUGPONG NG PAGBABAGO and the coalition of some political parties like LDP and NP.

Federalism is going to divide the country as planned by the current national leadership into (18) eighteen different states. Each State shall have its own government independent and distinct from each other which is also composed of the legislative, executive and judicial departments, and each state shall also have each tax system aside from the tax system from the central government. This very expensive government will make the Philippines poorer.

The current national political system which is presidential/unitary system can only be changed by way of a charter change or constitutional change. The constitutional change proposed by President Duterte in order to shift the system of government from presidential/unitary to federal system was difficult to achieve in the last Congress (2016-2019) considering the larger number of opposition senators in the Senate who opposed the president's plan to change the system of governance,

With the SUPER MAJORITY of the SENATE siding with the president, it seems that FEDERALISM is on its way of existence which will also pave the way for national division and destruction.

Secondly, the TRAIN LAW 2 can be easily passed in the Senate because of the SUPER MAJORITY in the said august national legislative body. Taxes will skyrocket beyond what many could imagine hence, national doomsday is not far from reality.

The senators and the congressmen will turn into presidential robots and all of the measures that the president wishes to pass in both houses of Congress will push through with relatively no opposition thereby will destroy the so-called CHECK AND BALANCE DOCTRINE.

If only the OTSO DIRETSO or the opposition senatoriables have won the last and just concluded senatorial elections, the story could become different for they can check the executive department headed by the president with regard to its legislative agenda and democracy in the Philippines. With the loss of the opposition in the last senatorial elections, I have no other recourse but to cross my fingers and whisper to the heavens that my premonition won't come into fruition.